PREREQUISITE: ISTC1021
This course introduces the student to computer programming using the COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) programming language. The conventions of the language, its applications and applications-related advantages and disadvantages are presented. The course develops the student's proficiency in understanding and applying the problem-solving logic, methods and procedures of programming in this language, and of programming in general. This course is appropriate for all potential users of computers in business-related fields of study.