CMS 101

COURSE LEVEL: 9

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE: CMS 101 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

INSTRUCTOR: Khalid Mohammed, (309) 648-9972, mohammedk@dupeoria.org

PREREQUISITES: none 

Course Objective 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to translate project requirements into a working code. You will learn to use many different programming concepts, such as Conditional Statements, Loops, Arrays, Databases… and pick the right one for your solution. But above all, you will learn to think like a programmer!

• Understand advantages of learning programming

• Fundamental hardware and software components

• Programming concepts and able to write programs

• Understand what is database and how they are used

• Utilize database in the programs

• Basic web application development using HTML, CSS

To benefit from this course, you need to be an active student. What matters is the time and effort you are willing to put into learning and practicing your skills. 

Material Needed

• Folder

• Pen/Pencil

• Notebooks

• Laptop

High Level Topics Covered

• Introduction to Computer Basics and Programming

• Basic Programming

  • Hands-on Sudo Code & Programming

  • Programming utilizing various concepts

  • Windows Forms and Web Application

• Database Concepts

  • Databases and Database Design

  • Querying database (SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOIN)

• Develop application utilizing database

• Final Project

Course Evaluation

• Class Work / Participation: 70%

• Test/Quiz: 30%

• Midterm Exam and Final Project: 20%

• Grades are calculated quarterly, which is a compilation of class work, tests, quizzes, and exams/projects

• Most of the test/quiz will be to write a working code to show the output per the requirements

Grading Scale (Total Points: 100)

• A+: 98-100

• A: 93-97

• A-: 90-92

• B+: 88-89

• B: 83-87

• B-: 80-82

• C+: 78-79

• C: 73-77

• C-: 70-72

• D+: 68-69

• D: 63-67

• D-: 60-62

• F: 0-59