MW 1-2:15 ITE 227

Course Information

Note -- credit for some of information contained below goes to previous 
CMSC 104 instructors, notably Ms. D. Block and Mr. G. Burt.

description of the course from the Undergraduate Catalog
CMSC 104  Problem Solving and Computer Programming   3 credits

"Designed to prepare students for CMSC 201 by providing an introduction 
to computer programming that does not require prior programming experience. 
Students are taught the basic use of a programming environment and the basic 
elements of the C programming language (including loops, control statements 
and arrays). Introduces general computer science concepts such as operating 
systems, computer organization, computer architecture, data representation 
and memory usage. Note: This course does not fulfill any of the computer 
science major requirements. Students who have taken and received transfer 
credit for, or who are taking concurrently any computer programming course 
in a high-level programming language will not receive credit for CMSC 104. 
The list of such computer programming courses includes, but is not limited 
to: CMSC 103, CMSC 106, CMSC 109, CSMC 201, CMSC 202 and sections of CMSC 291 
that cover programming topics. For more information contact stephens@umbc.edu".



Section 0101will be held in the classroom, ITE 227. The location of the lab for this class will be announced..



• Contact Information
• Lecture Transparencies
• brief list of topics
• Course Schedule
• Syllabus
• Homeworks and Projects
• Lab assignments
• Notes on Lab assignments
• assignments
• Exams-- sample questions updated 5/21/07

Student Resources

• Help with UNIX, Emacs, and Pico
• Computer Science Help Center
• UMBC's Web page
• main page for CMSC 104
• Summary of the C language
• Links to various C topics and tutorials ---- 104 C repository.....
• OIT Software downloads
• creating an account for students at UMBC
• help for 104 studens
• building your own webpage at UMBC
• miscellaneous help