CS206BKK
C/C++ Programming
Faculty
Mikhail Mirzayanov
Founder & CEO of Codeforces, ICPC 2006 World Champions Coach
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
Language
Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of the C and C++ languages. Basic language flow control statements, types and data structures will be studied. An introduction to basic C/C++ developer tools will be given. The course involves solving a large number of problems in C/C ++ with an automated judging system.
Learning highlights
- The main goal is to introduce the basics of C and C++.
- After the course, a student should be able to write small programs, be able to read and understand code.
- The skill of debugging programs will also be worked out.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
- Overview of different programming languages
- History of C/C++ languages
- Structure of a simplest program
- Variables in C/C++
- Simple math operations and functions
Session 2
- Basic C/C++ data types
- IO from/to console
- Bitwise operators
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 3
- Conditional statements
- Curly braces
- Logical operators
- Priorities of logical operator
Session 4
- Practice day
Session 5
- Loop statements
- For loop
- While loop
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 6
- Concept of nested flow control statements
- Program statement tree
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 7
- Linear arrays
- Vectors in C++
- First meeting with OOPS concept and templates
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 8
- Practice day
Session 9
- Nested loops concept
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 10
- Practice day
Session 11
- Strings in C++
- Basic strings member functions
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 12
- Multi-dimentional arrays
- Nested vectors in C++
- Vectors of strings in C++
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 13
- Practice day
Session 14
- Iterators in C++
- Sets and maps in C++
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Session 15
- Functions in C++
- Structures in C++
- Problem solving workshop
- Practice
Prerequisites
Basic Mathematics, programming skills in Python or another language would be a plus.
Methodology
Lectures
Workshops/demos and problem solving assistance.
Practical tasks
Grading
Mikhail graduated from Saratov State University in 2004. During his study at the university, Mikhail took part in programming contests: he won two silver medals at the ACM-ICPC World Finals and many times advanced to the finals of prestigious world programming contests. As a coach of Saratov State University ACM-ICPC, his teams won ACM-ICPC World Cup in 2006, All-Russia Cup in 2008, gold and silver medals at ACM-ICPC World Finals. His high-school students won medals at IOI. He teached Algorithms and Data Structures at Saratov State University for 5 years. He was the head of the Programming Competitions Training Center at Saratov State University. He was chairman and jury member of many programming competitions. In 2010 Mikhail founded the website Codeforces, now it is the world’s largest competitive programming community.
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C/C++ Programming
by Mikhail Mirzayanov
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Dec 05 - Dec 23, 2022
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.