CS 230 - Visual Basic Programming

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Introduction to programming in Microsoft Visual Basic. Includes forms and controls, properties events and methods, menus, control statements and data structures, control arrays, and file processing.
Recommended: CS 121.
Course Outcomes:

Demonstrate knowledge of the structure of Visual Basic.
Demonstrate knowledge of the common controls used by Visual Basic.
Write Visual Basic code.
Use existing programming modules.
Make data work for you.
Demonstrate knowledge of good programming design.
Debug Visual Basic programs.
Work with menus, dialogs, and graphics.

Course Topics:

Computer components and operations
Problem Solving and Logic
Fundamentals of the Steps for Developing a VB Program
The Visual Basic development tools
Writing, Compiling, and Running a VB Program
VB Programming Structure-Mainline Logical Flow
Procedures and Functions
VB file read and write and Database Design
GUI Programming Object Oriented Design (Objects and Classes)

Course Attribute(s): None