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This document outlines a module on computer programming. It provides details on the module code, hours, credits, competencies, outcomes, units, and content which includes fundamentals of computers, operating systems, software applications, and C/C++ programming language concepts like data types, functions, pointers, structures and unions.

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This document outlines a module on computer programming. It provides details on the module code, hours, credits, competencies, outcomes, units, and content which includes fundamentals of computers, operating systems, software applications, and C/C++ programming language concepts like data types, functions, pointers, structures and unions.

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Module 16: Computer Programming

Code: DECOM 206


Hours: 60
Credit: 6

16.1 Module Competence


This module is designed to enable the learner apply concepts and principles of Computer
Programming.

16.2 Module Outcomes


By the end of this module, the learner should;
1. Use computing technology ethically, safely and securely in their working environment
2. Utilize the basic concepts of operating systems together with the modules needed to
manage the different computer resources
3. Solve a range of problems using office productivity applications, and adapt quickly to
new software releases
4. Develop programs to retrieve data from forms and files to produce user displays and
reports
5. Use principles of software design to analyse programming problems and develop
solutions.

16.3 Module Units

No Unit Name Hours


Theory Practical
1. Fundamentals of the Computer 2 2
2. Computer operating systems and components 2 2
3. Software applications in Medicine 4 4
4. Computer Application in Medicine 4 4
5. C/C++ Programming language 16 20

16.4 Module Content


Fundamentals of the Computer: (Architecture, software, hardware), Computer operating
systems and components, Software applications; (C++, word, EXCEL, power point, access,
Matlab, SPSS), Computer application in Medicine. Computer Programming; Elements of
C/C++ programming languages, Basic data, Generation and classification of computers, basic
organization of a computer, number system(binary, decimal),conversion between number
system, problem solving, need for logical analysis and thinking, Algorithm, Pseudo code, Flow
chart. Programming Basics; Problem formulation, Problem Solving, Introduction to ‘C’
programming, Fundamentals, Structure of a ‘C’ programme, compilation and linking processes,
Constants, Variables, Data types, Expressions using operators in ‘C’, Managing input and output
operations, decision making and branching, looping statements, solving simple scientific and
statistical problems. Arrays and Strings; Arrays, initialization, declaration, one dimensional and
two dimensional arrays string, string operations, string arrays, simple programs, sorting,
searching, matrix operation. Functions and Pointers; Function, definition of function,
declaration of function, pass by value, pass by reference, recursion, pointers, definition,
initialization, pointers arithmetic, pointers and arrays, example problems. Structures and
unions; Introduction, need for structure data type, structure definition, structure declaration,
structure within a structure, union, programs using structures and unions, storage classes, pre-
processor directives.

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