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2017-2018 Saint Joseph’s College Online 
    
2017-2018 Saint Joseph’s College Online [Archived Catalog]

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IT 230 - Programming I


This course introduces the main concepts of programming logic and equips students with the tools necessary to design and document program specifications. Students will learn interactive coding techniques, algorithm design/development, program constants, program variables, control structures, functions, procedures, logic, code control, error trapping, error handling, flowchart /structure chart design, and pseudo code.

Prerequisites & Notes
IT 100 and IT 105

Accelerated 6 week online summer session course. Prerequisites waived if student shows competency in: 1) internet usage and 2) downloading and saving files.

Assignment Overview
Assignments: 6 Units

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Introduce the concept of structured programing and the syntax of programming.
  • Use identifiers to name variables, constants and methods. 
  • Identify syntax errors, runtime errors and logical errors.
  • Declare, initialize and access elements in arrays.
  • Utilize methods, loop structures, iteration and selection. 
  • Use operators to write expressions.
  • Name variables, constants and methods.


Credits: 3 Offered: Online; Accelerated Online Summer 2017



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