Mrs. Romero – Room 237

Class Syllabus

Computer Programming is a one-year course that introduces the student to the concepts of programming in a visual, event-driven environment. Concepts are taught with a hands-on approach. In the lab, students will reinforce lecture-based learning with interactive lessons on the computer.

Textbooks

Sprague, Michael. Introduction to Programming – Visual Basic 6.0. South-Western Educational Publishing: Cincinnati, 2000.

Sprague, Michael. Introduction to Programming – Visual Basic 6.0­ Activities Workbook. South-Western Educational Publishing: Cincinnati, 2000.

First Semester

The Basics Define Microsoft Visual Basic and recognize the components of the Integrated Development Environment Forms and Objects	3 weeks
Forms The Basics of Writing Code Creating and customizing Forms Variables and Constants	4 weeks
Menus and MDIs Creating and Adding Code to a menu with the Menu Editor The Multiple Document Interface	4 weeks
Decisions, Looping Arrays and Subroutines The Program Design Steps Decisions: The “If” Statements Logical Expressions: The Nuts and Bolts	8 weeks

Second Semester

Improving the User Interface Message Boxes and Input Boxes Pop-up Menus Adding a ToolBar to a Form Adding the Common Dialog Control	4 weeks
Database Programming What is a database? Using the Visual Data Manager to create a Database The Data Form Wizard	6 weeks
Under the Hood: Error Trapping Bugs and Other Pests Debugging Tools of the Trade	4 weeks
Final Project – Game of 21	3 weeks

Grading Policy

Unit Tests	50%
Weekly Quizzes	30%
Daily Work	20%