CIS 225 - Visual Basic Programming II

Description
Students apply and extend knowledge gained in CIS 125 to create more comprehensive programs with Visual Basic. Students learn proper techniques and strategies to develop classic desktop applications, distributed applications, web services, and dynamic Web pages.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: CIS 125 (C or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit:
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Computer Programming, A.A.A.S.

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Create classes that contain fields, properties, methods, and events; as well as those that implement instance and interface inheritance.
Use polymorphism to access properties and methods without knowing specific object types.
Build error handling capabilities in applications and use debugging techniques.
Understand the purpose of delegates and events, and write programs that use them.
Build serialized classes and write code to serialize and deserialize objects to file streams.
List the various types of collections in .NET and demonstrate their use in programs.
Understand and explain what generics are and use them in programs.
Build both Windows Forms applications and Web applications.
Understand the concept of a relational database and build one with Microsoft SQL Server.
Build applications that access databases through both ADO.NET and the Microsoft Entity Framework.
Identify the best solution to a problem or issue.
Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems and issues.

Course Outline:
I. An Overview of Visual Basic and the .NET Framework

II. Creating Classes and Instantiating Objects

III. Inheritance

IV. Polymorphism

V. Error Handling and Debugging

VI. Data Types and Expressions

VII. Interfaces

VIII. Delegates

IX. Events

X. Serialization

XI. Collections

XII. Generics

XIII. Windows Forms Applications

XIV. Relational Databases

XV. Database Access using ADO.NET

XVI. Database Access using the Entity Framework

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-60%

Facilitated discussion: 0-20%

Group work: 0-10%

Lab work: 10-40%
Mandatory Course Components:
Programming assignments and hands-on projects
Equivalent Courses:
none

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 100168
Course CIP Code: 11.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
General Room Request: Computer classroom

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: None
School: School of STEM
Department: Computer Information Systems
Discipline: CIS
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
The instructor must possess knowledge of the current operating environment, 8000 hours of programming experience, knowledge of the Visual Basic programming environment, a good background in object oriented programing, and, above all, be able to clearly explain all topics covered in the course so that the student will be able to understand the concepts taught.

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-11 09:31:27
Course Review & Revision Year: 2024-2025