Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION: for blackboard course shells – 1-866-457-6387 or helpdesk@lrsconline.com CLASS DAYS AND TIMES: Online ROOM NUMBER: Online LOCATION: Online LAB HOURS: Online PREREQUISITES: None CATALOG DESCRIPTION: An introduction to computer programming in a high-level language, with emphasis on problem solving and logical thinking. Students learn to design, implement, test, and debug programs for small-scale problems using elementary data types and control structures. MATERIALS OF INSTRUCTION: Textbook: Clearly Visual Basic: Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2017, Eighth Edition, by Zak, Diane, Cengage Learning, 2018, ISBN 978-1-337- 10212-4. A USB storage drive is recommended for storing student work files. Software: Visual Studio 2017. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students with no previous programming experience learn how to plan and create their own interactive Windows applications. Students learn how to write If…Then…Else, Select Case, Do…While, Do…Until, and For…Next statements, as well as how to create and manipulate variables and constants. GUI design skills are emphasized. GENERAL EDUCATION OBJECTIVES: I. 3. To apply knowledge gained in the educational process and use that knowledge in everyday living - apply knowledge to the real world II. 3. To use information objectively for solving problems and arriving at alternative solutions – problem solving skills. VI. 3. To apply current technologies to access and utilization of information - application of technology VII. 1. To develop a pattern of intellectual curiosity and inquiry which promotes life-long learning - value of life-long learning