Visual Basic Programming Course Outline

Broward Community College Course Outline
STATUS: A
COMMON COURSE NUMBER: COURSE TITLE:COP 2171C

Visual Basic Programming 3

CREDIT HOURS: CONTACT HOURS BREAKDOWN: Lecture/Discussion Lab Other Contact Hours/Week

48 16 00 4

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Prerequisite: Corequisite:

COP1170 or COP1334C NONE

This course teaches how to create Visual Basic based programs. Students write programs that access databases, use OLE to integrate applications, and act as an OLE Server and as an add-in. This class assumes a working knowledge of basic programming (COP1170). General Education Requirements – Associate of Arts Degree, meets Area(s): General Education Requirements – Associate in Science Degree, meets Area(s):
UNIT TITLES:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

QBasic Fundamentals Planning/Writing/Debugging an Application Sequential Files Arrays Random Files Introduction to Graphics Using Custom Controls Interfacing with Databases Dragging and Dropping Communicating With Other Applications: OLE

LAST REVIEW

Academic Year 2002-03

NEXT REVIEW

Academic Year 2007-08
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Course Overview: Upon successful completion of this course, the students should be able to create applications software or applications in Visual Basic utilizing various objects/controls with appropriate properties that are required for successful execution in a Windows environment.

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Units: Unit 1. QBasic Programming Fundamentals

General Outcome: 1.0 The students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of data types, looping decisions, functions, and subroutines written in QBasic.

Specific Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this unit, the students should be able to: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Describe the different data types (real, integers, and strings). Describe the For/Next). different loop types (Do/While and and

Describe decisions operators).

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logical

Describe functions and subroutines.

Common Course No:

COP 2171C

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Unit 2.

Planning/Writing/Debugging an Application

General Outcome: 2.0 The students should be able to design and develop an application following a methodical approach and utilize the debugging tools of Visual Basic when needed.

Specific Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion students should be able to: 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 of this unit, the

Apply five phases of designing and writing an application. Recognize an event-driven application. Create the use interface. Set properties. Write code. Utilize debugging tools.

Common Course No:

COP 2171C

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Unit 3.

Sequential Files

General Outcome: 3.0 The students should be able to store and retrieve data in a file on an auxiliary device such as a floppy disk or hard disk.

Specific Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion students should be able to: 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 of this unit, the

Describe a sequential file. Open a sequential file. Close a sequential file. Read a sequential file. Write to a sequential file. Update a sequential file.

Common Course No:

COP 2171C

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Unit 4.

Arrays

General Outcome: 4.0 The students should be able to use more complex data structures, called arrays, in a program to store and manipulate data.

Specific Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion students should be able to: 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 of this unit, the

Define and dimension an array. Display subscripts in single and multipledimension arrays. Create general procedures and subroutines. Create general sort routine. Utilize the printer object. Utilize list boxes and combo boxes.

Common Course No:

COP 2171C

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