email: cliff@lazardev.com TuThur 6:30-10:00 pm

Prerequisites

* Advisory: CS 3.

Course Overview

Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language with a graphical programming environment that provides a quick and easy way to create applications that fully exploit the key features of Microsoft Windows. Students will learn how to plan and create interactive, event-driven programs that have a graphical user interface.

To complete 12 to 15 well-written Visual Basic programs

To develop the ability to design and implement programs using the object-oriented approach

Required Text

Visual Basic 6.0 Edition, by Diane Zak.

Grading

90 - 100%: A; 80 - 89%: B; 70 - 79%: C; 60 - 69%: D; 0 - 59%: F.

Final can count 20, 40, 60 or 80% of total grade.

Required Materials

Two 3.5 inch, high-density (1.44MB) diskette formatted for IBM and Compatibles.

One black pen, one red pen.

Grading System used in CS classes by Clifford Lazar

Each test gets 100 points. Students must grade exams. Failure to grade other students exams will result in 5 points being deducted. Students will determine weight of final exam choices must be 20, 40, 60 or 80%

Extra Credit: Students who have gotten an A or B can receive extra credit by tutoring students in need of help on make-up exams. Every extra point the tutee gets will be added to the score of the tutor. The tutee must name the tutor on his make-up exam in advance. If the score is lower, both the tutor and tutee will lose the points.

*NOTE: No test may be made up without ADVANCE notice. Make-up grade cannot exceed 80% of test. Cheating will result in a flunk.

If you do not take the final exam, you will not pass the course! Drops are the responsibility of the student.

A-- >=90% B-->=80% C=>70% D=>60%

Homework is due at the start of the period. No late work will be accepted. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. Quizzes may be given at any time during the course.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES: Students are expected to complete all reading and exercises at the specified times. Students must drop the class if they choose not to continue or they may get a grade of F. You must bring two diskettes, 1.44 Mb 2S HD 3.5", to the lab. Students without their diskettes will not participate in the lab.

Instructor Responsibilities: The instructor will maintain the schedule as well as possible. Questions will be answered and assignments and examinations will be returned as soon as possible.

Required Materials