TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Number: CPT 232

Course Title: C++ Programming I

Class Hours

Per week: 3

Lab Hours

Per Week: 0

Credits

Awarded: 3

Catalog Description:

This introductory course in C++ programming emphasizes the designing, coding, testing and debugging of C++ programs involving input/output operations, data types, storage classes, decision structures, looping, functions, arrays, simple pointers and strings.

Entry Level Skills:

The student should be proficient with the C programming language and able to use arrays, pointers, structures and file I/O.

Pre-requisites:

CPT 234

Co-requisites:

None

Text(s)/Required Materials:

· Text(s): C How to Program, Fourth Edition, Deitel and Deitel, Pearson Prentice Hall, © 2004

· Storage media: USB flash drive

Course Competencies and

Objectives:

Upon satisfactory completion of the course, the student should be able to:

· Use dynamic memory allocation in programs

· Use linked lists, stacks, queues and structures

· Understand the concepts of Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

· Understand encapsulation and data hiding

· Create classes

· Create, use and destroy class objects

· Understand and use friend functions and classes

· Use container and iterator classes

· Use operator overloading

· Create new classes by inheritance

· Understand how inheritance promotes software reusability

· Understand and use base classes and derived classes

· Use polymorphism and virtual functions

· Understand the distinction between abstract and concrete classes

· Use C++ stream I/O

· Use class templates to create a group of related types

· Use C++ exception handling

Major Course Topics:

Dynamic memory allocation

Linked lists; stacks, queues and trees

Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Data hiding

Classes – Abstract & Concrete

References

Unary scope resolution operator

Friend functions and classes

Container and iterator classes

Operator overloading

Inheritance

Base classes and derived classes

Polymorphism and virtual functions

Stream I/O

Templates

Exception handling

Grade Calculation Method:

There will be a Midterm Exam at the end of the seventh week of the semester and a Final Exam at the end of the course. Throughout the course short quizzes will be given and a series of programming assignments will be completed. The final grade will be calculated as follows:

	Final Grade Percentage
Midterm Exam	20%
Final Exam	30%
Quizzes	20%
Assignments	30%
Total	100%

Additional Information Pertaining to Grades:

Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘C’ in any course used to fulfill graduation requirements of a Computer and Information Technology program.

Prepared by S. Moser

Date written or revised: 4/20/2006