Project Detail

Course Management & Grade Tracking System

Terminal academic management application written in C

A terminal-based academic management application using ncurses for course organization, assignment tracking, grade calculations, CSV persistence, and an interactive text interface.

Overview

Project Overview

The Course Management & Grade Tracking System is a modular C application designed to help students organize courses, manage assignments, and calculate grades through a terminal-based interface.

Core Features

Create, edit, delete, and organize courses.
Manage assignments and track academic progress within each course.
Calculate grades and display completion status.
Use CSV persistence across multiple program executions.
Render an interactive terminal UI with visual feedback.

Project Architecture

CMS module for course creation, deletion, sorting, and CSV synchronization.
GTA module for assignment management, grade tracking, filtering, and calculations.
Persistence layer using CSV files for durable application data.

Technical Concepts

C Programming
ncurses
CSV Parsing
Linked Lists
Dynamic Memory
Linux Development

Terminal Workflow

> Loading courses.csv

> Rendering course menu

> Selected: Systems Programming

> Assignment due date approaching

> Updating grade calculation

> Changes saved successfully

Implementation

Data Structure Preview

struct assignment
{
    struct assignment *p_next_assignment;
    char completed[2];
    char due_date[11];
    char name[51];
    float earned_points;
    float total_points;
};