Duke University - Introductory C Programming Specialization

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Overview

Learn essential programming fundamentals as well as master programming skills to solve complex problems

Duration	5 months
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
Credential	Certificate

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Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from Duke University
Unlimited access to all 4 courses
Get graded assignments, quizzes and peer feedback
14 day refund period

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Course details

Skills you will learn

Software development C Software Testing

What are the course deliverables?

Learn skills like software development process, Algorithms and Software Engineering
C Programming
Computer Programming
Programming Language Concepts
Problem Solving

More about this course

This specialization develops strong programming fundamentals for learners who want to solve complex problems by writing computer programs
Through four courses, you will learn to develop algorithms in a systematic way and read and write the C code to implement them
This will prepare you to pursue a career in software development or other computational fields
Successful completion of this specialization will be considered by admissions as a demonstration of student's skill
Enhance the master's application to Duke's Pratt School of Engineering

Introductory C Programming Specialization
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Curriculum

Programming Fundamentals

Introduction

Reading Code

Types

Project

Writing, Running, and Fixing Code in C

Writing Code

Compiling and Running

Testing and debugging

Project

Pointers, Arrays, and Recursion

Pointers

Arrays

Uses of Pointers

Recursion

Project

Interacting with the System and Managing Memory

Module 1: Interacting with the user and system

Module 2: Dynamic allocation

Module 3: Programming in the Large

Module 4: Poker Project

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Faculty details

Andrew D. Hilton

Andrew Hilton is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. He has taught at Duke since 2012, and prior to that he was an advisory engineer at IBM. Among the courses Professor Hilton teaches at Duke is ECE 551, an intensive introduction to programming course that successfully prepares graduate students with no programming experience to learn programming and go on to complete more advanced programming courses.