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-227 Programming 1B
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisites: BT110 lnformation Technology or
both BTlO2 Information Technology 1A and
BT103 lnformation Technology 1 B
Instruction: lecture/tutorialllaboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
Subject aims and description
To g i students ~ an understanding of the principles and
practice of commercial programming.
By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
describe the programming process, from problem
definition through to program testing;
discuss the principles of structured programming;
explain the importance and philosophy of testing;
design a logical structured solution to a problem using
various algorithm techniques;
read, understand, modify, and debug COBOL programs;
design, write, test, and document attractive, wellstructured
programs in COBOL.
Topics cmred include the following:
program structure;
data structure;
algorithm design;
data validation;
arrays and tables;
sequential files;
reporting;
indexed files;
strings;
testing.
References
To be advised
BT330 Data Base
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisites: BT22O Data Analysis and Design,
BT22.9 Programming 1
Instruction: lectureltutorialllaboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
Subiect aims and descridion
By the end of this unit the stbdent will be able to:
implement a logical data base design in a selection of
DBMSs;
design and program transactions against the data basel
include appropriate security, integrity and recowry
functions in the above.
Topics
This unit builds upon the logical design concepts taught in
lnformation Analysis in covering the implementation,
considerations of a number of DBMSs. The students'
acquaintance with SQL from that unit is also built upon in
the coverage of relational data bases.
References
To be advised
~r331 System Architecture 1
No. of hours per week: three and a half hours
Prerequisites: any two Stage 2 Computing Units
Instruction: lecture/tutorial
Assessment: examinationlassignments
Subject aims and description
This unit concentrates on data communications architectures.
In particular, at the completion of this unit, students will be
able to:
demonstrate a sound knowledge of the basic concepts
and components involved in data communications;
demonstrate an understanding of the various
technologies used in the electronic office and how office
automation can increase the efficiency of knowledge
workers;
demonstrate an understanding of communication
protocols and their relation to system performance;
demonstrate an understanding of the goals and
structure of the IS0 reference model for computer
network protocols;
show a good knowledge of the data communication
services and facilities provided by the common carriers;
demonstrate an understanding of how data
communications benefits an omanisation ., and how this
function is managed.
References
To be advised
~~332 System Architecture 2
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisite: f3T331 System Architecture 1
Instruction: IectureRutorialflaboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignments
Subject aims and description
This unit concentrates on operating system architectures.
In particular, this unit provides a comparison of the
operating systems MVSMA and UNlX after giving students a
general introduction to the principles and types of operating
systems.
Both UNlX and MVSM are discussed from the perspective
of how they manage computer systems resources and what
sorts of software facilities are provided to usen. Students are
given both theoretical exercises and practical exercises in the
use of MVSlXA and UNlX operating systems.
References
To be advised
m333 Information Systems 2
No. of hours per week: three and a half hours
Prerequisites: BT22O Data Analysis and Design.
and BT223 lnformation Systems 1
Instruction: lectureitutorial
Assessment: examinationlassignments