Computer Programming

Specific Objectives of Course:

• To enable students to learn computer languages and Microsoft Office.
• To develop skills of computer programming and its applications in elementary civil engineering problems.

 Course Outline:

Introduction to personal computer setup: Introduction to Operating systems, Computer programming, Program structure and flow charts.

Programming Language:  Fundamentals of Visual C++ /Visual Basic, arithmetic operations and functions, input/output statements, decision making statements & loop functions and subroutines, data types and file formats, Programming of simple and elementary civil engineering problems.

Introduction to Microsoft Office

Lab Outline:

Exercises on Programming Tools and use of web as an academic resources.

 Recommended Books:

• Gottfried, B.S. Programming with Structured Basics (Schaum Series), McGraw Hill. (1st Edition)
• Deitel & Deitel, T.R. Nieto, Visual C++ 6 (2nd Edition), 1992
• Steven Holzner , Black Book of C++  (Latest Edition)
• Evangelos Petroutsos, Mastering Visual Basic 6, Sybex Computer Books Inc. USA, 1998