Exams and Grading

• Assignments: programming and written assignments counting for 30% of the grade.
• A Midterm counting for 30% of the grade.
• A Final counting for 40% of the grade.

Required Reading

• Due to popular demand, there may be required texts for this course.
• Linux and Unix Programming Tools, Sarwar and Al-Saqabi.
• Linux in a Nutshell
• Practical C Programming by Oualline.

Recommended Reading

• Books about Unix:
• Learning the Unix Operating System, the simplest introduction.
• The Unix Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike.

• Books about C:
• A Book on C by Kelley and Pohl.
• The C programming language by Kernighan and Ritchie.
• C: A reference manual, by Harbison and Steele.