IS 216: COBOL I
Course Description:
The student will develop structured, modular algorithms. The student will
implement algorithms using COBOL. The student will learn the basic features
of COBOL. Suggested prerequisite: CS 151.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Implement key concepts of structured design and programming.
- Apply COBOL elements (i.e. reserve words, programmer
supplied names, literals, symbols, and picture clauses)
- Demonstrate creativity and problem solving skills
- Debug and test COBOL programs for compilation, execution and data errors
- Write COBOL programs that use:
- Do while loop, do until loop and in-line PERFORM
- Nested IF's and EVALUATE
- Data editing of input and output
- Data validation
- String processing
- Definition and processing of single level table
- Four digit year processing
- Arithmetic processing
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Write COBOL programs that use proper style, documentation and application of
coding standards
Assessment Measures:
| Assessment Tool |
Linkage to Learning Outcome #: |
| |
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| Assign sufficient programming assignments or
programming related exercises to cover objectives. |
1-5 |
| Create coding standards to be distributed,
followed and graded based on adherence to. General accepted practices include
documentation throughout code, standard programmer supplied names, use of scope
terminators, and top-down programming. All programs should include a flowchart,
pseudocode or like documentation. |
6 |
| To achieve "creativity and problem solving skills,"
students must be required to produce programming project solutions from a given problem
description. Note that objective 3 is not met if a student is only able to produce
solutions by pasting together given code fragments. Although this is appropriate at
times, it does not enforce the development of these skills. |
3 |
Chapter tests will be used to evaluate students'
ability to understand terminology and basic concepts of COBOL. This should include
at minimum a final and include at least one or more of the following:
short answer, trace given code, debug given code, and/or develop a fragment of
code given a problem description. |
1-5 |
Textbooks
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