Lec. 3; Cr. 3

Fundamental concepts in problem solving on the computer. Flow charting, algorithm and program design, and I/O concepts. Problems in business, social science, education, and physical sciences will be considered. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

This is an entry level program course designed to teach students the basics of program design, coding and testing. The purpose of the course is to create hierarchy charts, flow charts, pseudocode and create test tables in the whole process of program design. A high level programming language is used to reinforce the concepts learned during design. Topics include techniques of structured and object oriented programming; control structures, objects, classes, inheritance, simple data structures and basic concepts of software development. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

Hardware components and configuration of personal computers; storage media; batch files; computer diagnostics and repair. An introduction to local area networks will also be included. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

Introduction to programming in Visual Basic to design windows applications. Introduction to the basic principles of the Visual Basic programming language. Emphasis on structured and object oriented programming techniques, writing readable code and developing user-friendly programs. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Sciences and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

Demonstration of interactive management information systems design and systems development life cycle. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Science and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

Building on the foundation established in CSC 2253, students explore techniques, tools and methods used in the object-oriented systems analysis and design in a highly practical and accessible way to developing applications. Students learn how to model and design system requirements using tools such as Unified Modeling Language (UML), use cases and scenarios, class diagrams and sequence diagrams. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Science and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

This course emphasizes the efficient methods for planning and controlling projects. Students master skills in project integration, scope, time, cost quality, human resources, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management as well as all five process groups – initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. The application of all ten project management knowledge areas to IT projects are emphasized throughout the course. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Science and Business Technology.

Lec. 3; Cr. 3

How to provide software security in a multi-user business or institutional setting. Topics include software testing, data integrity, virus prevention, configuration management and encryption. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in this course to receive a degree or a certificate within the Division of Health Science and Business Technology.