This document outlines the course details for CS4443 – Modern Programming Language – I. The 3 credit hour course uses C# and .NET to teach programming skills and has prerequisites of Object Oriented Programming. Grading is based 50% on internal evaluations like assignments, tests, and attendance and 50% on a final exam. The course covers topics like the C# language, OOP, classes, inheritance, exceptions handling, generics, delegates and events over 17 weeks.

1. COURSE TITLE: CS4443 – MODERN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE – I
Credit Hours: 2 (Theory) + 1 (Lab)
Pre-requisites: CS3242 – OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this course is to provide the solid understanding of the .net technology. The student
will learn the basic and advanced programming skills using C#.Net.
CLASS POLICY:
 A student must reach the class-room in time. Late comers may join the class but are not
entitled to be marked present.
 Attendance shall be marked at the start of the class and students failing to secure 75%
attendance will not be allowed to sit in final exam.
 The assignment submission deadline must be observed. In case of late submission, assignment
will not be considered.
 Those who are absent on the announcement date of assignment/test. Must get the
topic/chapter of test/assignment confirmed through their peers.
 Mobile phones must be switched-off in the class-rooms.
GRADING POLICY:
Internal Evaluation
Midterm Exam 20%
Attendance 10%
Assignment/Presentations 10%
Quizzes/Tests 10%
Total Internal Evaluation 50%
Final Term Examination
Theory Exam 40%
Viva Exam 10%
Total Marks 100%
TEXT BOOKS:
 Beginning C# 6.0 Programming with a Visual Studio 2015, Benjamin Perkins, Wrox Publishers
 Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0 by Christian Nagel, Wrox Publishers
 “MSDN, http://www.csharphelp.com”

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
WEEK NO TOPIC DESCRIPTION ASSESSMENT
1 PART A – THE C# LANGUAGE
Chapter 1 – Introducing C#
 The C# language
 The .Net Architecture and .Net Framework
 CLR, MSIL, JITers, FCL, CLS, CTS and GC
 C# compare to C++
 Development Environment
 Console Applications and Windows Form
Application
 Working with First Hello World Program in
C#
 Understanding namespaces, using keyword,
class keyword, main() method and
comments in C#
2 Chapter 2 – C# Language Fundamentals
 Basic Datatypes and their mapping to CTS
 Variables, Constants, and Operators
 Working with Flow Control and Conditional
Statements
 Type Conversion, String Manipulation and
Complex Variable Types
Assignment – 1
3 Chapter 2 (continued…)
 Arrays in C#
 Array Declaration and Initialization
 Foreach loop
Quiz – 1
4 Chapter 3 – Introduction to OOP
 What is Object Oriented Programming
 OOP Techniques
 OOP in Windows Application
5 Chapter 4 – Classes and Objects
 Concept of a Class, Object, Field, Methods
 Instantiating a Class
 Accessing Members of a Class
 Access Modifiers
 SYSTEM.OBJECT
 Properties
 Static Members of a Class
 Shallow Copying vs Deep Copying
Assignment – 2
6 Chapter 4 (continued)
 Constructors and Destructors
 Finalize() Method of Object Class
Quiz – 2

3.  Constructor Overloading
 Reference Types
 Interface Implementation
 Partial Class and Method Definitions
 The Call Hierarchy Window
7 Chapter 5 – Inheritance and Polymorphism
 Implementing Inheritance in C#
 The Base Keyword
 Protected Access Modifier
 Sealed Keyword and Object Class
 Multiple Inheritance
 Polymorphism
 Virtual and Override Keywords
 The NEW Keyword
 Up-Casting and Down-Casting
 Boxing and Un-Boxing
8 Review of the previous course
9 Midterm Exam Week 1 – Week 8
10 Chapter 6 – Structures, Enumeration, Garbage
Collection & Nested Classes
 Structures
 Enumeration
 Garbage Collection in .Net
 System.GC.Collect() Method
 Nested Classes in C#
11 Chapter 7 – Abstract Classes & Interfaces
 Abstract Classes
 Interfaces
 Implementing more than One Interface
 Explicit Implementation of Methods
 Casting to an Interface using is and as
operators
 Inheriting Interfaces
Assignment – 3
12 Chapter 8 – Arrays, Collections & String
Manipulation
 Multidimensional Arrays
 Understanding Jagged Arrays
 Collections
 The ArrayList, Stack, Queue Classes
 Dictionaries
 Working with Hash table
 SortedList Class
 String Handling in C#
Quiz – 3

4.  String Class and StringBuilder Class
13 Chapter 9 – Exception Handling
 Exceptions Basics
 Exceptions in C# and .Net
 Understanding try…..catch block
 Working with Multiple Exceptions
 Exception Hierarchy in .Net Framework
 Throwing an Exception: the throw Keyword
14 Chapter 10 – Generics
 What are Generics?
 Using Generics
 Defining Generic Types
 Variance
15 Chapter 11 – Working with Delegates and Events
 Understanding Delegates
 Multicast Delegates
 Working with Events
 Multicast Events
16 Chapter 12 – C# Language Enhancements
 Initializers
 Type Inference
 Anonymous Types
 Dynamic Lookup
 Advanced Method Parameters
 Extension Methods
 Lambda Expressions
17 Final Term Exam Whole course