Advanced Procedural Programming

Academic unit or major

Undergraduate major in Computer Science

Instructor(s)

Masahito Ohue / Yin Jun Phua

Class Format

Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-8 Mon / 5-6 Thu

Class

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Course Code

CSC.T253

Number of credits

210

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course provides the theory and practice for advanced procedural C programming, by means of lectures and exercises. The first half focuses on pointer variables, string processing, structures, and dynamic memory allocation, which lead to studying algorithms, data structures, and methodologies for producing a large program in the last half. Additionally, students are requested to fully utilize those knowledge and skills to implement large programs associated with practical information processing, such as solving puzzles and pattern recognition. It is desired that students are equipped with fundamental knowledge for C language through, for example "Procedural programming fundamentals (CSC.T243)."

Course description and aims

Students are requested to learn and use the following skills: a) producing C programs associated with pointer variables, structures, and dynamic memory allocation; b) selectively using the optimal algorithm and data structure (e.g., stacks, queues, linked lists, and tree structures) to solve the problem in question; c) programming techniques required for practical information processing tasks and debugging for large programs.

Keywords

Procedural programming, pointer variables, string processing, structures, dynamic memory allocation, stacks, queues, linked lists, tree structures, tree search, algorithms, data structures, complexity, and debug

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Three-time slots in one week consist of a single slot for a [Lecture] and two slots for [Exercise] related to the [Lecture].

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Materials will be available during each lecture and exercise.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie. C Programming Language (Second Ed.), Prentice Hall, 1988.

Evaluation methods and criteria

examination (50%) and report for project-based programming (50%)

Related courses

• CSC.T244 ： Creative Programming Projects
• CSC.T243 ： Procedural Programming Fundamentals
• CSC.T263 ： Functional Programming Fundamentals
• CSC.T273 ： Object-Oriented Programming
• CSC.T344 ： System Programming
• CSC.T354 ： Parallel Programming
• XCO.T490 ： Exercises in fundamentals of artificial intelligence
• XCO.T488 ： Exercises in fundamentals of data science
• LAS.I111 ： Information Literacy I
• LAS.I112 ： Information Literacy II

Prerequisites

This unit is recommended for 2nd-year students from the CS department. Due to the limited space and the number of equipment, this unit may not be able to accept students from other departments. Registered students MUST attend the first class.
* Students who have taken "CSC.T244: Creative Programming Projects" cannot take this class.

Office hours

Wednesday afternoon (appointment via email is required)