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Undergraduate Course: Engineering Software 2 (ELEE08017)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThrough the teaching of the important elements of an imperative programming language, and exercises making use of those features in a modular programming style, students develop knowledge and skills with which to analyse and solve engineering problems by application of numerical analysis techniques.
Course description Session 0 - Getting Started
Session 1 - Introduction
Session 2 - Inputting Data & Making Decisions
Session 3 - Selection & Repetition
Session 4 - Repetition & Mathematical Functions
Session 5 - More on Repetition & Arrays
Session 6 - One and Two Dimensional Arrays
Session 7 - Writing Your Own Functions
Session 8 - More on Functions
Session 9 - Applications (Numerical Techniques 1)
Session 10 - Addresses & Pointers
Session 11 - More on Pointers
Session 12 - Character Strings
Session 13 - Structures
Session 14 - Structures and Linked Lists
Session 15 - Using Data Files
Session 16 - Number Formats & Bit Operations
Session 17 - Binary Files & Applications
Session 18 - Dynamic Memory Allocation & Software Engineering
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Electrical Engineering 1 (ELEE08001) OR Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe (PHYS08017)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students may also be admitted to this course if they have passed any two of the following Informatics 1 courses:

- Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic (INFR08012),
- Informatics 1 - Functional Programming (INFR08013),
- Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming (INFR08014),
- Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis (INFR08015).
Additional Costs Laboratory notebook, course textbook
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Course Start Date 21/09/2015
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 40, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 27 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 100%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Ability to apply software engineering methods.
  2. Ability to use a computer to solve engineering problems.
  3. Confidence in writing programs in an imperative language, C.
  4. A basic understanding of how computers operate.
Reading List
"C for Engineers and Scientists", by Gary Bronson - Essential
"C in a Nutshell" By Peter Prinz and Tony Crawford - Recommended
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements None
KeywordsSoftware,computing and programming
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jiabin Jia
Tel: (0131 6)51 3568
Email: Jiabin.Jia@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lucy Davie
Tel: (0131 6)51 7073
Email: Lucy.Davie@ed.ac.uk
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