CS-223 Programming for IT

Class Hours: 1000-1120 (10:00-11:20AM) on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

Classroom: 18-135A

Instructor: Rick Udlock
Office Phone: 533-3795
Email: Rick.Udlock@SFCC.Spokane.edu
Office: 18-112H

Course Description:

This is a hands-on course intended to teach students computer programming in a graphical user interface environment. We use Visual Basic.NET as a vehicle for this because of its more intuitive interface. Students will learn how to create Visual Basic programs for a wide variety of applications using forms, objects, functions, procedures, arrays, and disk files. Grades will be based on two exams and homework assignments.

Course Outcomes:

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the basic problem solving steps and how they relate to computer programming
• Understand and do object-oriented programming
• Understand and use classes, objects, properties, methods, and events
• List and describe the three steps for writing a Visual Basic project
• Describe the various files that make up a Visual Basic project
• Describe the process of visual program design and development
• Document a logical program design
• Design, write, test and debug Visual Basic.NET programs

Course Outline:

The following topics will be covered:

1. Introduction to VB.NET
2. Creating an Application
3. Variables & Calculations
4. Making Decisions & Working with Strings
5. Lists, Loops, Validation & Tool Tips
6. Procedures & Functions
7. Multiple Forms, Standard Modules & Menus
8. Arrays, Timers & Splash Screens
9. Files input & output
10. Structures, Classes & Collections

Required Text and Materials:

Murach's Visual Basic 2015
by Anne Boehm
ISBN-13: 9781890774981

Prerequisites:

• IS-125 & IS-210
• I strongly recommend taking up through at least Math 88 before signing up for this class.

Overall Syllabus

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