BCIS 3620 SYLLABUS- Dr. GUYNES
SPRING 2015
GUYNES’s 3620 CLASS RULES
During the lecture portion of the class [the first 2 hours], all laptops, all cellphones, all Ipads, all PDAs, etc. must be turned off and put away. They cannot be on the desktop, and absolutely no texting is allowed during class. Bring paper and pencil to take notes on.
We will break every 50 minutes [7:20-7:30 and 8:20-8:30], so that you can catch up on your texting and phone calls, but then come back to class and turn everything back off.
During the lab portion of class [8:30 to 9:30] you may have your laptops turned on to do BCIS 3620 work, or you may work in the COB computer labs. Please do not distract your classmates!!
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:
Course Number:BCIS 3620
Course Title:Business Computer Information Systems
Semester:SPRING 2015
Classroom BLB250
All PROBLEMS and DATASETS for the problems, ETC. can be downloaded from the WWW. Go to the website:
Instructor:Dr. Guynes
Office:BLB 312H
Office Hours:By Appointment Only
Email:
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course is an introduction to business computer programming and design in a corporate environment. The primary focus is on the information systems function in support of corporate activities. Students will learn business problem solving using PROGRAMMING in a true Mainframe developmentenvironment. Upon the successful completion of the course, the student should be able to analyze a business problem, design a solution to the problem, develop a program consistent with the design using IBM Mainframe tools, and implement the solution.
TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS:
NO TEXTBOOK WILL BE REQUIRED THIS SEMESTER, however if you want a textbook for COBOL, buy a used copy of COBOL by STERN & STERN – any edition will do.
Each student will be given an account on an IBM System Z Mainframe.
ByFEBRUARY 2, you are to have run the 4 example programs on the PC:
[1] READ-WRITE-ADD;
[2] HEAD-LINECNT;
[3] REPORT DATE-COMPUTE; and
[4] CONTROL BREAKS
which are located in the EXAMPLES folder you downloaded from the BCIS 3620 website.
Print off ONE COPYof the:
[a] program,
[b] its input data, and
[c] its output report [which you get when you run the program on the PC under NET EXPRESS ]
YOU MUST RUN THE COBOL PROGRAMS ON THE PC USING NET EXPRESS UNDER VMWARE TO GET THE OUTPUT.
bring the a., b., & c parts to class for EACH of the 4 example programs.
You will take lecture notes in class on the above mentioned 12 printouts
Jan
26Introduction to IBM System Z
Lecture on Example: READ-WRITE-ADD
Assign PROBLEMS ONE, TWO and THREE
Feb
2More on IBM System Z andPROB ONE DUE
[by Tuesday 2-3 ]
Assign Problem FOUR to be run on PC and SYS Z
Discuss changing the dollar amount signs
9 Lecture on Examples: HEAD-LINECNT.PROB TWO DUE
REPORT DATE-COMPUTE[by Monday 2-9]
Assign Problem FIVE to be run on PC and SYS ZPROB THREE DUE
[BY Friday 2-13]
Q and A on PROBLEM FOUR
16More on Examples: HEAD-LINECNT.PROB FOUR DUE
And on REPORT DATE-COMPUTE[by Friday 2-20]
Q and A on PROBLEM FIVE
23Lecture on Example:CONTROL BREAKSPROB FIVE DUE
Assign Problem SIX to be run on PC and SYS Z [by Friday 2-27]
Mar
2More on Example: CONTROL BREAKS
Q and A on PROBLEM SIX
9Lecture on UTILITIES and IDCAMSPROB SIX DUE
Assign PROBLEM SEVEN[by Friday 3-13]
REVIEW FOR EXAM ONE
16 SPRING BREAKTHRU 22nd
23EXAM ONE [THRU PROBLEM FIVE ONLY]
30 Lecture on VSAM file processing
Q and A on PROBLEM SEVENPROB SEVEN DUE
Assign PROBLEM EIGHT[by Friday4-3]
Apr
6More on VSAM file processing
Q and A on PROBLEM EIGHT
Assign PROBLEM NINE
13Q and A on PROBLEM EIGHTPROB EIGHT A DUE
Q and A on PROBLEM NINE[by Friday 4-17]
20IBM VISIT IN DALLAS 6:30 TO 8:30PROB EIGHT B DUE [***** TENATIVE *****] [by Friday 4-24]
27Review for Exam TwoPROB NINE DUE [by Friday5-1]
May
4EXAM TWO[stressing PROBLEMS SIX thru NINE]
PROB NINE above which is due on or before MAY 1st is your take home final exam.
YOU ARE FINISHED WITH BCIS 3620 WHEN YOU LEAVE CLASS ON MAY 4TH !!!.
NX should be run under VMWARE in the COB LABS.
However, you can attempt to get NX 5.0 to run at home
Click: Download COBOL NX 5.0
Downloading Net Express 5.0 from the 3620 website to your c:\ drive,
then cut the 'nx50' folder from the downloaded folder and
paste it to the root of c:\ giving c:\nx50
NEXT:
1. Open a command line prompt [the black DOS screen]
C:\>
2. Run the NX installation file with the following parameters:
C:\>nx50\SETUP\NXP3250020077.exe /V"CHECKPREREQLIST="
In the custom setup list [tree diagram] only install:
- Net express support for Windows and Cross platform
- XDB Relational Database
HOW TO RUN NET EXPRESS ON VMWARE
- Open the readwrad.cbl in net express
- Click the red checkmark icon, Should show no errors
- Click the black footprint icon
- Browse to the matching readwrad.int file and open it, then click OK.
- Note that the perform 200-open is highlighted
- Click the black running man icon and you should get a stop run message.
- Go to your folder and note your output file which ends with .doc
- That’s it !!!!!!!
- Do the same for all your cbl programs
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE BCIS 3620 Website
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Please turn your work in on time. PROBLEMS lose 10% each day they are late [weekends too]
Point Distribution for Problems
PROBLEM ONE20SYS Z [MTMF]
PROBLEM TWO10SYS Z [MTMF]
PROBLEM THREE10PC & SYS Z]
PROBLEM FOUR10PC & SYS Z
PROBLEM FIVE10PC &SYS Z
PROBLEM SIX15PC &SYS Z
PROBLEM SEVEN10SYS Z [IDCAMS]
PROBLEM EIGHT20PC & SYS Z
PROBLEM NINE10SYS Z [MTMF]
TOTAL115
Desk check your problems for completeness and accuracy!
All PROBLEMS and DATASETS for the problems, ETC. can be downloaded from the WWW. Go to the website:
Examples will be used extensively in lecture. Students MUST compile, execute, and print out the results of all Review Examples, AND BRING TO LECTURE!.
IF YOU WORK WITH A STUDY PARTNER, IT MUST BE OVER CONCEPTS [NOT CODE]. YOU CANNOT WORK AS A TEAM. [CANNOT SHARE CODE]
I do not help with assignments 24 hours before the deadline for their submission.
The reason I do this is to STRONGLY ENCOURAGE students to complete their assignments beforethe deadline.
Companies fire programmers who get their work finished at the last minute. In essence,IN THE REAL WORLD you will be FIRED if your work is not completed EARLY.
USING NET EXPRESS COBOL ON VMWARETO DEBUG PROGRAMS
Students can save themselves considerable amount of time by learning and using the step and add to list and breakpoint functions of the animator for program debugging.
The Animator provides a complete development environment you can use to create, edit, analyze, and optimize your source code. You can edit your program, test and correct syntax and logic errors, animate the program, and navigate through its logic.
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NO MAKEUP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE SEMESTER. *****************************************************************************
Grading System
EXAM ONE190 points in class exam
EXAM TWO195 points in class exam
HOMEWORK115 points
TOTAL500 points
OPTIONAL READING IN THE STERN & STERN TEXTBOOK
Chapter Pages
ONE2-30
TWO40-56
THREE62-93
FOUR105-124
FIVE138-169
SIX185-220
SEVEN 260-288
EIGHT303-329
NINE345-360
TEN387-405
ELEVEN436-439, 444-457
TWELVE473-503
THIRTEEN563-576
SIXTEEN713-724