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1 & 1/12 - 1/16 & Class introductions, syllabus and policies; introduction to computer architecture and organization; recent history of computers and languages - from Babbage to the present\\
2 & 1/19 - 1/23 & Algorithms \& solving methodology; C program structure; constants, variables - naming, memory storage, reserved words, basic data types, range and precision; the ASCII table; mathematical operators, their precedence \& associativity\\
3 & 1/26 - 1/30 & Assignments; typecasting; efficient computations (Horner's rule); I/O operations - scanf, printf, format specifiers \textcolor{red}{Quiz 1 - Fri, 1/30}\\
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Letter grade scale: A(93--100), A--(90--92), B+(87--89), B(83--86), B--(80--82), C+(77--79),\\
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Students are required to download and install the Respondus LockDown Browser on their devices prior to the first examination. All examinations must be completed using this secure browser application.

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