This course introduces inexperienced students to programming using the C# programming language within the Microsoft .NET framework. This is the first in a four-course series on C# programming. All of the courses within the series will be free through the Udemy platform.

This course includes approximately 4.25 hours of instruction. All lecture notes and program source code are included for the student's review.

Successful students will have a strong willingness to learn, a heavy interest in programming, mathematics and logic and the time to commit not only to the course, but to practicing the programming examples.

Rick Phillips, the course instructor, has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin with over 25 years experience in IT. Rick programs in multiple languages and is considered an expert in database design, optimization and internationalization.

Students taking the course will be required to download and install Microsoft's Visual Studio. As such, successful students will need to have access to a personal laptop or desktop. Smartphones and tablets are not sufficient for this programming course.