BUS4620

COBOL programming

(IT)

D Goh

6 points + 2-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial/laboratory session per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prohibitions: Students in the Bachelor of Business Systems degree + CFR1122, CFR2110, CFR3308, CSC2920, CSC3150, CSC3920, GCO2811, SFT1122, SFT2110, SFT2205, SFT2305, SFT3205, GCO7824, SFT7640;

Synopsis: Introduction to the fundamentals of commercial programming. The semantics and syntax of COBOL; programming methodologies such as structured programming, top-down code development and testing; common batch processing tasks including report generation, control break processing, sequential and non-sequential master file updating and table processing.

Assessment: Programming assignment: 25% + Examination (2 hours): 75%.