COSC 1309

SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE

  

Prerequisites:

Successful completion of MATH 1314 or two units of high school algebra.

                                    

Purpose of Course:          

This course provides a disciplined approach to problem-solving with structured techniques and representation of algorithms using pseudo code and graphical tools.  This course is a prerequisite for all other computer science and engineering courses.  The purpose of this course is to provide the computer background needed by computer science, mathematics, and engineering majors.  Application programs useful to these fields are emphasized.  These include MathCAD, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel.  Time will be spent on the basics of how a digital computer works, how information is stored and processed, and the binary number system.  In addition, programming concepts and constructs will be presented using a programming language such as Visual Basic.  Attention will be given to logic design and programming fundamentals, including conditional structures, loops, and arrays.

           

Textbooks:       

Computer Science-An Overview, 9th Edition, by Brookshear.

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Basics, 3rd Edition, by Knowlton.

  

Attendance:            

Attendance and effort are the most important activities for success in this course.  Records of your attendance will be maintained.  Whenever absences become excessive and, in the instructor’s opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met, the instructor may administratively withdraw you from the course with a grade of X or F.  Refer to the General Catalog under Class Attendance and Drops & Withdrawals.