Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals course is a beginner-level programme to help you get started with the C language for programming. The course curriculum consists of the fundamentals of C and has been built for everyone, absolute beginners in programming or coding. It will give a head-start to interested learners who want to establish a firm foundation to learn the C language and then progress to the advanced courses.

The C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals training has been created in collaboration with the University of California, Santa Cruz. The curriculum includes learnings such as the history, data types, lexical elements, simple functions, control flow, recursion, and advanced functions of C. These concepts will provide an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of C that help it to operate.

Moreover, the C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals course by Coursera can be joined for free and features flexible deadlines and pre-recorded videos to help you learn at your own pace. The course curriculum is available in English, but subtitles are available in multiple languages. Upon satisfactory completion, you will receive the course certificate.

The Highlights

Beginner level difficulty
Self-paced modules
Graded programming assignments
Shareable certificate
Completion within approximately 15 hours
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz

Programme Offerings

Fundamentals of C
Free Enrolment
Graded Programming Assignments
practice quizzes
peer feedback
Shareable Certificate
beginner-level programme
complimentary readings

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	CourseraUC Santa Cruz

Here are the fee details for Online C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals training programme:

Particulars	Amount
Course Fee, 1 Month	Rs. 1,676
Course Fee, 3 Month	Rs. 3,369
Course Fee, 6 Month	Rs. 5,029

Eligibility Criteria

Education

The Coursera C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals programme has been built for everyone and hence, requires no prior coding knowledge.

Certificate Qualifying Details

To earn a certificate for the C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals online course, you need to complete all modules and tasks successfully and achieve the minimum passing scores. Upon meeting the criteria listed above, you will receive a Coursera Certificate of Completion. You can attach it to your LinkedIn profile or to your resume.

What you will learn

Programming skills

After completing the C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals course, you will know about: -

The basics of C
The fundamentals of C and its various components
The basics of coding
The basics of programming

Who it is for

Computer Programmer

Admission Details

To join the C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals course by Coursera, you must follow these steps:

Visit Coursera’s website.
Look for the “C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals” course and click on it.
Click on the “Enroll for Free” tab.
Now, fill in the required details.
Next, select “Join for Free.”
If you have an account already, then select “Log In” to fill in your details and proceed.

Application Details

To enrol in the Online C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals training programme, you will have to fill in your details such as email, and name. Once done, enter a password to finish your login, and you can start the course once it begins. You can get the seven-day free trial as well.

The Syllabus

Videos

Overview
The history of C
Debugging, compiling, and running programs – part 1
Debugging, compiling, and running programs – part 2 (file included)
first program
Example- circle code
Example – marathon
Simple output/input – Fahrenheit
Simple output/input – Miles

Peer Reviews

Fix Dr. P’s mistake (week 1)
Print a poem

Videos

Character sets and tokens
Comments
Keywords
Identifiers
Operators
Expressions and precedence (File included)
Expression and evaluation
Declarations
Fundamental types and sizeof
The char type (File included)
The int type
The integer and floating point types (Files included)

Quizzes

int quiz
Expressions quiz

Peer Reviews

Fix Dr. P’s mistake (week 2)
Write a program that prints the sine function for an input x between (0, 1)

Discussion Prompt

Problems from Chapter 1 of "A Book on C" (Optional Advanced Activity)

Videos

Logical operators, expressions, and short-circuit evaluation
The conditional statement if and if-else
The iterative statement while
while-cnt-char-explained
while-code - example
The for statement and its while analog
for statement code example
oddball operators-conditional and comma
ternary-operator code example
Break and continue and switch (File included )

Quizzes

Logic operators quiz
While loop questions
Switch questions
Cond-comma-ops quiz

Peer Reviews

Fix D. P's mistake (week 3)
Write a function that prints a table of values for sine and cosine between (0, 1)

Discussion Prompt

Problem 23 from Chapter 2 of "A Book on C" (Optional Advanced Activity)

Videos

Function definition
Function code example
Return statement
Function prototype
Function Prototype - code example
Function variables—with call-by-value explained
Function definitions and scope rules
Storage class code example
Simple recursion
Recursion- factorial code
Recursion Fibonacci code (File included ➕)

Videos

Pointers and simple arrays
initialize arrays
array-grade-code example
What is a pointer
Pointer code example
Call-by-reference simulated
array as a parameter
array-bubble-sort code
merge sort overview
merge code -example
merge code example 2 (File included ➕)

Peer Review

Compute the average weight for a population of elephant seals read into an array

Quiz

Final Exam

Instructors

UC Santa Cruz Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Is this course only online?

Yes, the C for everyone: programming fundamentals programme is entirely online and hence, you can learn at your own pace.

2: Are there any prerequisites for the C for everyone: programming fundamentals online programme?

No, there are no prerequisites for the C for everyone: programming fundamentals training course as it starts from the fundamentals of the C language.

3: From when will I get the access to the course?

You will get access to all the course material once it begins. For that, you will need to get enrolled in the C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals.