Maricopa Community Colleges  ELT181   19986-20005 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  04/28/98  
ELT181      19986-20005 LEC
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Visual BASIC for Technology
Introductory coverage of programming techniques in Visual BASIC. Flowcharting, pseudocoding, coding, testing, and documenting programs in accordance with specifications. Prerequisites: None.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ELT181   19986-20005 Visual BASIC for Technology
1. Describe system functions of units which compose the computer system. (I)
2. Initialize, enter, and execute a Visual BASIC program on a microcomputer. (I)
3. Flowchart or pseudocode a task to be programmed. (I, II)
4. Write program documentation as specified. (I, II)
5. Write Visual BASIC language programs. (I, II, V, VI)
6. Define and declare data variables. (I, II, III)
7. Use top town programming. (I, V)
8. Display and interpret memory contents. (III)
9. Use Visual BASIC programming statements. (IV)
10. Use logical operators in making programming decisions. (VII)
11. Examine and use arrays for sorting and moving data. (VIII)
12. Use file structure. (IX)
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ELT181   19986-20005 Visual BASIC for Technology
    I. System familiarization
        A. Description of equipment
        B. System initialization
        C. System ready status
        D. Command mode operation
        E. The cursor
        F. Difference between command and statement
        G. Commands
        H. Program statements
        I. How to change a program
        J. System monitor
      II. Interaction, automation, and looping
          A. Definition of program loop
          B. Statements
          C. Flowcharting
          D. Pseudocode E. Program documentation
        III. Program formatting and shortcuts
            A. Formatting
            B. Simplifying INPUT routines
            C. Multiple statement lines
            D. Graphic and text display
          IV. Sorting and randomizing
              A. Statements
              B. Applications of RND (n) statement
              C. RND (n) and RANDOM statement differences
            V. Subprograms
                A. Definition of subprogram
                B. Statements
                C. Using call functions
              VI. BASIC language mathematics and numbers
                  A. Sequence by which BASIC solves mathematical equations
                  B. Programming of mathematical equations in BASIC
                  C. Mathematical functions available in BASIC VII. Introduction to logical operations
                  A. Significance of logical operation capabilities
                  B. Logical operators for IF THEN statement
                  C. NOT expression VIII. Introduction to arrays
                  A. Single dimension
                  B. Multidimension
                  C. Loading data into arrays from program
                  D. Loading data into arrays from keyboard E. Printing data from arrays
                IX. File structure
                    A. Generating files
                    B. Writing files
                    C. Reading from files
                    D. Updating files
                    E. Adding to files
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