Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND OFFICE TECHNOLOGY „ COMPUTER SCIENCECAOT 480 NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS (LAN) (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement/semester.Cisco Academy Course – CCNA 1An introductory course in networking specific to localarea networks (LAN). Topics will include LAN hardware,software, topology, transmission medium, wide area networkconnectivity, diagnostic tools, system administration,and vendor specific LAN products. Class is complementedwith hands-on experience in constructing a localarea network. Course is patterned after Cisco trainingguidelines. Also listed as TCOM 480. Transfer credit: CSU.CAOT 490 TECHNICAL OVERVIEW OF THEINTERNET (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 hours by arrangement/semester.A technical overview of the Internet. This course isintended for students who want to learn about the Internetsystem architecture, language and vocabulary. Some lectureswill be demonstrated on the Internet. Homeworkassignments may require the student having access on theInternet. Also listed as TCOM 490. Transfer credit: CSU.CAOT 665 SELECTED COMPUTER TOPICS(.5 or 1 or 1.5 or 2)(Pass/No Pass.)Minimum of 8 lecture hours for each .5 unit, plus a minimumof 4 lab hours by arrangement for each .5 unit forsome topics.Short course used to introduce, develop or reviewcomputer topics or applications. The course will focus ona specific topic: the introduction of basic computer skills,introduction of applications packages, upgrades of softwarepackages, or a particular segment of a semesterlengthcourse. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.Transfer credit: CSU.COMPUTER SCIENCE (COMP)See also listings under Computer Applications& Office Technology and Telecommunications &Network Information Technology.COMP 118 INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTEDPROGRAM DESIGN (4)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 48 lab hours/semester.Recommended: Completion of MATH 110 with a grade ofC or better, or equivalent; and eligibility for ENGL 836 orequivalent.Introduction to computing systems concepts necessaryfor program coding, compilation and execution;problem-solving techniques; object-oriented analysis anddesign; program coding, testing and documentation.Students will use the Java language to explore algorithmdevelopment, data types, flow of control, classes, objects,methods, vectors, and event-driven programming. Trans -fer credit: UC; CSU.COMP 155 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING VISUALBASIC (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 24 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: MATH 110 or equivalent.Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 836.An introduction to computer programming using thehigh level language VISUAL BASIC. Emphasis is on structuredprogramming techniques and general problemsolving skills in both numerical and non-numerical applications.Students will be able to formulate, represent, andsolve problems using the computer. Students will run programson IBM PC’s using the college’s microcomputerlaboratory. May be repeated once for credit. Transfercredit: UC; CSU.COMP 156 INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING INVISUAL BASIC (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 24 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: COMP 155 or equivalent.An intermediate course in computer programmingusing the high level language VISUAL BASIC. Emphasis ison user friendly interfaces, structural programming techniques,and general problem solving skills in both numericaland non-numerical applications. Students will be ableto formulate, represent and solve problems using thecomputer. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.COMP 250 PROGRAMMING METHODS I: C++ (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 48 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Prerequisite: COMP 118 with a grade of Cor better or equivalent academic or professional programmingexperience, and MATH 120 with a grade of C orCredit or better, or equivalent. Recom mended: Eligibilityfor ENGL 836 or equivalent.Introduction to software engineering using the C++programming language for CS majors and computer professionals.Includes language fundamentals, classes,control structures, functions/libraries, templates, recursion,sorting, searching, pointers, strings, vectors, andclass construction. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N S2 011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u163