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Course Course Course

Code 21CSS101J Name PROGRAMMING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING Category S Engineering Sciences 3 0 4 5

Pre-requisite Co-requisite Progressive

Courses Nil Courses Nil Courses Nil
Course Offering Department Computer Science and Engineering Data Book / Codes/Standards Nil

Course Learning Rationale (CLR): The purpose of learning this course is to: Learning Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)
Think and evolve with a logic to construct an algorithm and pseudocode that can be converted 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
CLR-1 :

Analysis, Design, Research

into a program

Level of Thinking (Bloom)

Expected Proficiency (%)
Expected Attainment (%)
CLR-2 : Utilize the appropriate operators and control statements to solve engineering problems

Individual & Team Work

Engineering Knowledge

Design & Development

Project Mgt. & Finance

CLR-3 : Store and retrieve data in a single and multidimensional array

Modern Tool Usage

Life Long Learning

CLR-4 : Create custom designed functions to perform repetitive tasks in any application

Society & Culture

Problem Analysis

Communication
CLR-5 : Create basic Abstract Data Types with python

Environment &
Sustainability
Create applications using suitable python library functions for solving datascience
CLR-6 :
problems

PSO – 3
PSO - 1
PSO - 2
Ethics
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): At the end of this course, learners will be able to:

To solve problems through computer programming. Express the basic data types and variables in C 2 85 80 L H H H H - - M M L - H - - -
CLO-1 :

To use appropriate data types in simple data processing applications. To create programs using the concept of arrays. 3 85 80 L H H H H - - M M L - H - - -
CLO-2 :

To create string processing applications with single and multi-dimensional arrays. 3 85 80 L H H H H - - M M L - H - - -

CLO-3 :

To create user defined functions with required operations. To implement pointers in applications with dynamic memory
3 85 80 L H H H H - - M M L - H - - -
CLO-4 : requirements.

CLO-5 : To create programs using the python data types, loops, control statements for problem solving 3 85 80 L H H H H - - M M L - H - - -

To implement the suitable python library based solutions for solving statistical problems in data science . 3 85 80 L H H H H - - M M L - H - - -
CLO-6 :

Unit-1 Evolution of Programming & Languages - Problem solving through programming - Writing algorithms & Pseudo code - Single line and multiline comments - Introduction to C: Structure of the C program - Input and output statements.
Variables and identifiers, Constants, Keywords - Values, Names, Scope, Binding, Storage Classes - Numeric Data types: integer, floating point
Non-Numeric Data types: char and string - L value and R value in expression, Increment and decrement operator - Comma, Arrow and Assignment operator, Bitwise and Size-of operator - Arithmetic, Relational and logical Operators - Condition
Operators, Operator Precedence - Expressions with pre / post increment operator

Unit-2 Conditional Control -Statements :Simple if, if...else - Conditional Statements : else if and nested if - Conditional Statements : Switch case - Un-conditional Control Statements : break, continue, goto - Looping Control Statements:for,
while, do..while - Looping Control Statements: nested for, nested while - Introduction to Arrays -One Dimensional (1D) Array Declaration and initialization - Accessing, Indexing and operations with 1D Arrays - Array Programs – 1D - Initializing
and Accessing 2D Array, Array Programs – 2D - Pointer and address-of operators -Pointer Declaration and dereferencing, Void Pointers, Null pointers
Pointer based Array manipulation
Unit-3 String Basics - String Declaration and Initialization - String Functions: gets(), puts(), getchar(),putchar(), printf() - Built-inString Functions: atoi, strlen, strcat, strcmp -String Functions: sprint, sscanf, strrev, strcpy, strstr, strtok - Operations
on Strings - Function prototype declaration, function definition - Actual and formal parameters - Function with and without Arguments - Function with and without return values - Call by Value, Call by Reference - Passing Array to Function -
Passing Array elements to Function - Function Pointers
Unit-4 Python: Introduction to Python - Introduction to Google Colab - Basic Data Types: Integers, Floating Points, Boolean types - Working with String functions - Working with Input, Output functions - Python-Single and Multi line Comments/
Error Handling - Conditional & Looping Statements : If, for, while statements - Working with List structures - Working with Tuples data structures - Working with Sets - Working with Dictionaries - Introduction to Python Libraries - Introduction to
Numpy - High Dimensional Arrays

Unit-5 Creating NumPy Array -Numpy Indexing - Numpy Array attributes - Slicing using Numpy - Descriptive Statistics in Numpy: Percentile - Variance in Numpy -Introduction to Pandas - Creating Series Objects, Data Frame Objects - Simple
Operations with Data frames - Querying from Data Frames -Applying Functions to Data frames - Comparison between Numpy and Pandas - Speed Testing between Numpy and Pandas - Other Python Libraries

Lab
Lab 1: Input, Output Statements, Variables
Lab 2: Data types & Operators-I
Lab 3: Data types & Operators-II
Lab 4: Control Statements (Branching, Looping)
Lab 5: Arrays
Lab 6: Arrays with Pointers
Lab 7: Strings
Lab 8: Functions
Lab 9 : Arrays and Functions
Lab 10: Input, Output in Python
Lab 11: Python data structures
Lab 12: Arrays in Python
Lab 13: Operations with Numpy
Lab 14: Operations with Pandas
Lab 15: case study: Data science with Numpy, Pandas

Reference Books (C):

1. Programming in C, E.Balagurusamy,Mc Graw Hill, Eighth Edition.2019. [chapters 1 to 6 & 8 To 11] Reference Books (Python):
2. Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide, By David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths,Oreilly. [Chapters 2 to 4] 7. Python Datascience Handbook, Oreilly,Jake VanderPlas, 2017.[Chapters 2 &3]
Learning 3. Let Us C, Fifth Edition, Yashavant P. Kanetkar,BPB publications.[ Chapters 1 to 6, 8 to 9] 8. Python For Beginners, Timothy C.Needham,2019. [Chapters 1 to 4]
Resources 4. Problem Solving & Programming Concepts, Maureen Sprankle, Jim Hubbard, Prentice Hall, Ninth Edition. [Chapters 1 to 7] 9. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/index.htm
5. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cprogramming/index.htm 10. https://www.w3schools.com/python/
6. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c-programming-language/
Learning Assessment
Bloom’s Continuous Learning Assessment (60% weightage) Final Examination (40% weightage)
Level of Thinking CLA – 1 (15%) CLA – 2 (15%) CLA – 3 (20%) CLA – 4 (10%)
Theory Practice Theory Practice Theory Practice Theory Practice Theory Practice
Level 1 Remember 20% 20% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15%
Understand
Level 2 Apply 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20%
Analyze
Level 3 Evaluate 10% 10% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15%
Create
Total 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
# CLA – 4 can be from any combination of these: Assignments, Seminars, Tech Talks, Mini-Projects, Case-Studies, Self-Study, MOOCs, Certifications, Conf. Paper as specified in regulation.,

Course Designers

Experts from Industry Experts from Higher Technical Institutions Internal Experts
1. Dr. Sainarayanan Gopalakrishnan, HCL Technologies, sai.jgk@gmail.com 1. Prof. Janakiram D, IIT Madras, djram@iitm.ac.in 1. Dr. E.Poovammal, SRMIST

2. Dr. Sricharan Srinivasan, Wipro Technologies, sricharanms@gmail.com 2. Dr. Rajeev Sukumaran, IIT Madras, rajeev@wmail.iitm.ac.in 2. Dr. B. Amutha, SRMIST