Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Computer Science
420-111-LA
Computer Fundamentals and Applications
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
Course provides an overview of computer hardware,
software, and operating system concepts used on
computer systems. It provides instruction in Windows
desktop operating system for personal computers.
Emphasizing customization, managing and
troubleshooting including command and line
environment and OS utilities to manage and
troubleshoot. Other topics include commonly used
internal and external commands including the use of
subdirectories and creating basic batch files. Finally
control panel customization, OLE usage, printing and the
basic concepts and terminology of networking will be
covered as well. The second part of the practical
coverage includes an introduction to the Microsoft Office
spreadsheet and database principles and applications
that will be used in other courses of the program.
3 hours/week Units: 1.33
420-112-LA
Java Programming Level 1
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
This is a first course in Computer Science using the
programming language Java. It covers the fundamentals
of programming and of computer science. The principal
objective is to allow students without a background in
computer programming to become capable
programmers through learning the Java programming
language. Students will learn problem‐solving techniques
and gain experience detecting and correcting software
errors through several programming assignments. The
course will also cover the standard libraries for string
processing, mathematical routines, and input and output
streams, method handling and an introduction to arrays.
6 hours/week Units: 2.66
420-113-LA
Web Design
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading
Style Sheets) are at the center of web page development
and are used extensively to develop web applications for
business, social, and educational purposes. This course
will allow students to become comfortable with HTML5
and CSS3, and give them the ability to design, debug, and
manage basic web pages. The fundamentals of page
layout, text formatting, content structure, page
navigation, the use of graphics and visual effects, as well
as the separation of a page’s content from its
presentation will be covered. On screen demonstrations
and hands-on exercises will be used to encourage
students to create well-designed, standards-compliant
web pages.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
420-211-LA
Computer Hardware Support and Maintenance
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
This course will give a broad overview of computer
hardware, provide detailed information about the system
board, and provide a detailed look into storage devices.
This course also covers the different hardware
components and peripheral components you may
experience in a normal technician’s daily job. Though
students may have general experience with
troubleshooting computer problems or issues, there are
many details that the course covers which students may
not have experienced yet or may need to refresh their
knowledge on. The vital goal is to show them how to
build the computer which entails how to choose the
components, how to assemble them, and how to install
the operating system and additional software.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66 Prerequisite: 420-111
420-212-LA
Java Programming level 2
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
In the second course of the Java sequence, we will study
more advanced features of this object‐oriented
programming language: inheritance, interfaces,
exceptions, data files handling, linked lists, building
attractive graphical user interfaces, inner classes,
collection classes and threads and see how students can
apply all their new skills in a realistic project.
5 hours/week Units: 2.33
Prerequisite: 420-112