Computer programming for business I
D Goh
6 points * One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week * First semester * Clayton * Prohibitions: CSC3151, RDT1301, SFT2205
The course will include an introduction to the fundamentals of the commercial programming environment. The emphasis in this subject is on commercial batch and on-line processing tasks. The semantics and syntax of the most widely used commercial programming language, COBOL, are presented systematically and in detail. Students will be exposed to several fundamental batch and on-line processing algorithms including report generation, control break processing, sequential and non-sequential masterfile updating, sorting, table handling and interactive transaction processing.
Assessment
Programming assignment: 20% * Examination (2 hours): 80% * Note that a minimum score of 50% on the examination paper is required to pass the subject
Prescribed texts
Stern N and Stern R A Structured COBOL programming 7th edn, Wiley, 1994