Information Systems and Decision Sciences (714) 278-2221 / Fax (714) 278-5940
COURSE: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DECISION SCIENCES 411 MICROCOMPUTER BUSINESS APPLICATION DESIGN
PROFESSOR: DR. MABEL T. KUNG
OFFICE: LH 517
OFFICE HRS: MTWR 5 – 6 PM
PHONES: (714) 278-3077 (MY OFFICE) (714) 278-2221 (SECRETARY)
EMAIL mkung@fullerton.edu
TEXT: David I. Schneider, An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic.Net, Prentice Hall.
GRADING: PROJECTS 20% EXAM 1 25% EXAM 2 25% COMPREHENSIVE FINAL 30%
NO MAKEUP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. ALL EXAMS ARE OPEN BOOK AND OPEN NOTES. ALL EXAMS WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE COMPUTER LAB.
EXAM DATES:
EXAM 1 …………….. JUNE 17 (TUESDAY) EXAM 2 …………….. JULY 1 (TUESDAY)
FINAL …………….. JULY 10 (THURSDAY)
SOFTWARE: Visual Basic and Microsoft Office will be used extensively for projects.
COURSE OUTLINE: (This is a tentative course outline subject to change)
TOPICS
Design of Business Applications using Loops, Nested Loops
Loan Analysis Program Creating and Accessing Arrays Control Arrays
Overview on Components, ActiveX, DLLs, .EXE Components
Sort and Search Methods Shell Sort Binary Search
Two-Dimensional Tables Design and User Interface
Sequential and Random Access File Processing
Recording Checks and Deposits Program
Controls and Objects List Boxes and Combo Boxes Frame, Check Box, Option Button, Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bar Timer, Shape, Line, and Image Controls
FlexGrid Control, Menu Control Clipboard Object, Multiple Forms, Common Dialog Control Graphics and Computer Games
Databases Data Control FlexGrid Control Data-Bound List Box and Combo Box Control
Creating Databases with Visual Data Manager Principles of Database Design Relational Databases Primary and Foreign Keys SQL Object-Oriented Programming Classes and Objects
Collections and Events Class Relationships Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) OLE Automation OLE Container Control Embedding with Excel Linking with Word Web Browser
Walkthrough ActiveX controls in HTML Web Page with VBScript