ESC 101: Fundamentals of Computing

Semester 2021-2022-I, IIT Kanpur

Course Description

This course is a first introduction to computer programming using the C programming language.

Instructor Information

Section	Name	Email
C	Swarnendu Biswas	swarnendu AT cse.iitk.ac.in
D	Hamim Zafar	hamim AT cse.iitk.ac.in

Schedule | Policies | Academic Integrity | Evaluation Scheme | Other Resources

Course Schedule

Lectures	Asynchronous	MWF 12-1 PM
Tutorial	Synchronous (Online)	Tu 12-1 PM
Lab	Synchronous (Online)	F 2-5 PM

The following links contain important information related to the weekly schedule, and Tutor+TA-to-Student mapping.

Weekly Schedule

Course Calendar

The lectures will be held in an asynchronous mode. Please go through the linked videos and other resources and come prepared with your questions for the weekly tutorial classes.

In case you miss a lab session due to an unavoidable circumstance (such as a medical emergency), you need to inform the instructors prior to the lab and raise a request for a make up lab. We will collect all such make up lab requests throughout the semester and the make up labs will be conducted towards the end of the semester.

In the event of power failures/internet issues during the lab session, you need to contact your TA as soon as you encounter such an issue so that an alternate way can be used for supplying questions and obtaining answer sheets.

Disclaimer: Please note that the above policies are tentative (due to uncertainties related to COVID-19 and events beyond Instructors’ control) and can evolve during the semester.

Academic Integrity

All submissions must be your own. You are not allowed to discuss assignments with anyone.
You should not search online for existing solutions related to the assignments, even as a reference.
Students caught cheating or plagiarizing will be severely penalized. The penalty includes the possibility of failing the course and being reported to the Institute.

Please refer to the Anti-Cheating Policies page. The use of unfair means by any student will be severely punished. Examples of possible penalties are grade deductions, awarding F grade award, and referral to institute disciplinary committee.

Evaluation Scheme

Weekly labs (best 10/11) - 70%

Only the last submission to Prutor will be graded.
Only complete programs will be evaluated. No marks will be awarded for partial logic/incomplete code.
No extensions will be allowed for the lab sessions.

Three quizzes - 30%
There will be no mid-semester or end-semester exams.

We will perform plagiarism checks for all graded submissions. Students caught cheating, plagiarizing, or using unfair means will be severely penalized.

Other Resources

The labs will be conducted online via the Prutor interface developed at IITK. It is important that you familiarize with Prutor (Link1, Link2).

The following lists a few good books (in no particular order) for learning C programming.

[KR] The C Programming Language - Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
[BG] Programming with C - Byron Gottfried
[YK] Let Us C - Yashavant Kanetkar
[EB] Programming in ANSI C - E Balagurusamy