NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA 
        
        
        
        
        
        
                                  FACULTY OF SCIENCE 
                           DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE 
        
        
        
        
        
                                  COURSE CODE: CIT 332 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
                        COURSE TITLE: Survey of Programming Languages 
         CIT 332                                     COURSE GUIDE 
                         NUMBER OF UNITS: Four Units 
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         Course Code                  CIT 332 
      
      
      
         Couse Title                  Survey of Programming Languages 
      
      
      
         Couse Developer/Writer       Dr. Kehinde Adebola Sotonwa 
                                      Computer Science & Information 
                                      Technology Department, 
                                      Bells  University  of  Technology, 
                                      Otta, Ogun State. 
      
      
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              Published by: 
              National Open University of Nigeria   
              ISBN:  978-058-470-6 
              2022 
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                 MAIN 
                 COURSE 
                                                 
                     CONTENTS                                                                                                                      PAGE 
                     Introduction… ........................................................................................................................v 
                     What You Will Learn in This Course ....................................................................................v 
                     Course Aims ...........................................................................................................................v 
                     Course Objectives… ..............................................................................................................v 
                     Working through This Course ...............................................................................................vi 
                     Course Justification… ............................................................................................................vii 
                     Course Materials… ................................................................................................................vii 
                     Course Requirements… .........................................................................................................vii 
                     Study Units .............................................................................................................................vii 
                     Textbooks and References… .................................................................................................viii 
                     Assignment File .....................................................................................................................xiii 
                     Presentation Schedule……………………………………………………………………,,. xiii 
                     Assessment… ........................................................................................................................ xiii 
                     Tutor-Marked Assignments (TMAs) .....................................................................................xiii 
                     Final Examination and Grading .............................................................................................xiv 
                     Course Marking Scheme ........................................................................................................xiv 
                     Course Overview… ...............................................................................................................xiv 
                     How to Get the Most from This Course .................................................................................xv 
                     Tutors and Tutorials… ...........................................................................................................xvi 
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