Business Applications Programming I

This course provides an introduction to current concepts and practices in the design and development of business applications programs. Included among the topics to be covered are the structure and features of third- generation programming languages and their use in the development of business-oriented computer software, structured programming conventions, techniques for developing solutions to business programming problems, the representation and formatting of computer data, and efficient coding techniques. More advanced topics such as control break, table, and sequential file update processing will also be covered. Students will be introduced to the syntax and semantics of the COBOL programming language, which will be used as the vehicle for learning.

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