CST1801 Visual Basic I
Syllabus

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for students in the computer field who will be working with computer programming languages. The course covers both design and programming using the programming language Visual Basic .NET 2010, which is a event-oriented high-visual language. The student will develop many programs using Visual Basic .NET 2010. (Prerequisites: CST1794 Introduction to Programming or equivalent.) (4 Credits) (4 Lecture, 0 Lab)

COURSE FOCUS
This course focuses on hands-on programming with the Visual Basic language and the concepts necessary to design programs. The course focuses on the completion of programming problems as given in the text in a self-paced format.

TEXT AND REFERENCES
1. Introduction to Programmng Using Visual Basic 2010 Eighth Edition(Student supplied textbook)
2. Computer system with Win XP Pro, Vista, or Win 7. (Student supplied equipment)

STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
The student is expected to spend at least 192 hours studying the text and completing the exercises, worksheets, and class project. The student is expected to take a self directed approach to learning through available resources. The student is expected to contact the instructor if difficulty is encountered or help is needed.

COURSE EXPECTATIONS
See this link for additional course expectations.

COURSE EVALUATION
Student objectives and evaluations are translated to a percentage and the percentages to grades. A score of 70% is passing. The following percentage distribution guarantees the following grade: A:93%+, A-:90%+, B+:87%+, B:83%+, B-:80%+, C+:77%+, C:73%+, C-:70%+, D+:67%+, D:63%+, D-:60%+, F:<60%

COURSE SCHEDULE
This course is lecture/lab based. The CST instructors will deliver the lectures, as well as supervise the lab.  The student is expected to spend at least 48 hours per credit in self study with direction from instructors and/or instructional guides and testing.  This a four (4) credit course, so an average student is expected to spend approximately 192 hours completing this course, which includes lectures and lab.  All lectures will be scheduled, with that schedule posted online.

 



Version Information:
Oct  xth, 2001 Original course material compliments of Mark Case.
Jan  4th, 2002 Online course material modified. (adb)
Mar 17th, 2002 Added General Studies designations. (adb)
Jan  3rd, 2004 Updated for .NET. (adb)
Jan 11rd, 2006 Updated course eval percentages. (adb)
Jan 16th, 2008 Updated for Mark Case as instructor. (adb)
Jan 12th, 2010 New book. Allen Benusa as instructor (adb)
Jan 12th, 2012 New book. (adb)