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Why a 2nd course in computers?

You are familiar with the "hand-tools" of the language
          ...now you must start to learn how to use the "power-tools"

You can write a program
          ...now you must learn how to write elegant, efficient programs

At university, most of what you learn will not be used
          ...but all disciplines use programming in their jobs

Why ANSI-C?

ANSI-C is the basis on which other engineering languages are built
          ...Java, C++, C# are all based on ANSI-C

Numerous engineering applications allow modules to be written in ANSI-C
          ...LabView and MathLab both allow time crucial modules to be written in ANSI-C

Device control is best handled using ANSI-C
          ...we can write drivers for peripherals and data acquisition boards in C

Time critical computing is best handled using ANSI-C
          ...Linux, originally written in C++, was rewritten in C