Some hand-out notes are revised on PPT files included in the textbook (provided by the author), and are in the Portable Document Format (PDF). Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to read these files.
The schedule is tentative and subject to change.
| Date | Topics | Reading | Hand-out Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1: Sep 7 and 9, 2005 | Course introduction, and introduction to COBOL and file processing | Chapter 1 | slides |
| Week 2: Sep 12, 2005 | Identification and Environment Division | Chapter 2 | slides |
| Sep 14, 16, 2005 | Data Division 1 | Chapter 3 | |
| Week 3: Sep 19, 2005 | Data Division 2 | Chapter 3 | slides |
| Sep 21, 2005 | Example programs and Procedure Division | Chapter 3/4 | notes |
| Sep 23, 2005 | Design and Debug Program | Chapter 5 | slides |
| Week 4: Sep 26, 28, 30, 2005 | Output for users | Chapter 6 | notes |
| Week 5: Oct 3/5 , 2005 | Class Assignments | ||
| Oct 7 2005 | Arithmetic Verbs | Chapter 7 | |
| Week 6: Oct. 12, 2005 | Compute statement and intrinsic functions | Chapter 7 | notes |
| Oct. 14, 2005 | Decision Making Using the IF and EVALUATE Statements | Chapter 8 | notes |
| Week 7: Oct. 17, 19, 2005 | Iteration | Chapter 9 | notes |
| Oct. 21, 2005 | Data Validation | Chapter 11 | |
| Week 8, Oct. 24, 2005 | Data Validation | Chapter 11 | notes |
| Oct. 26, 28, 2005 | Midterm Review Questions | notes | |
| Week 9. Oct. 31, Nov. 2, 2005 | Array and Tables | chapter 12 | notes |
| Nov. 4, 2005 | Sequential Files 1 | chapter 13 | |
| Week 10. Nov. 7 2005 | Sequential Files 2 | chapter 13 | notes |
| Nov. 9 2005 | Midterm | ||
| Week 11. Nov. 14, 2005 | Sequential Files 3 | chapter 13 | |
| Nov. 16, 2005 | Exercise | ||
| Nov. 18, 2005 | Sort and Merge | chapter 14 | notes |
| Week 12. Nov. 21, 2005 | Index Files | chapter 15 | |
| Nov. 23, 2005 | Relative files | chapter 15 | notes |
| Nov. 25, 2005 | File Compression | notes | |
| Week 13: Nov. 28, 2005 | Relative Files | ||
| Nov. 30, 2005 | B Tree | ||
| Dec 2, 2005 | B Tree | notes | |
| Week 14: Dec 5,7,9 2005 | B Tree, Indexed and Relative Files, Reviews |
Interactive Program in Chapter 3.
Interactive Program in Chapter 4.
Date file used for the above program.
Sample Program 1 in Chapter 6.
Sample Program in Chapter 11 .
Chapter 13 Sample 1: Update Master File by input from Keyboard.
Chapter 13 Sample 2: Update Master File by transaction file (transaction code).
Chapter 15 Sample (Indexed file) .
Chapter 15 sample (Relative file).