9/7

- Introduction to the Course;
- Introduction to COBOL
- Installing COBOL
- Running your first COBOL program

Stern: Ch. 1 (starting with "The Nature of COBOL")

- Get Textbooks
- Homework H1a (getting to know you; photo; on-line setup)
- Homework H1b (install COBOL, run first program)

9/14

- COBOL Programming
- Introduce Semester Project

Stern: Ch. 2-4

- Homework H2: COBOL exercises
- 

H1 moved

9/21

- COBOL: MOVE, Edited Output
- COBOL Debugging;
- Logical Data Organization

- Stern: Ch. 5 (starting with "Naming Modules")
- Stern: Ch. 6 (moving and printing sections)
- Uckan: Ch. 10 (Part 1) 

- Homework H3: COBOL/Logical Organization exercises
- Semester Project P1: Brainstorming

H1, H2

9/28

- COBOL: Creating Data Files;
- COBOL: Displaying Output Interactively;
- File Types;
- Fundamental File Operations

- Stern: Ch. 6 (other sections)

- Homework H4: COBOL/fundamental file operation exercises
- Semester Project P2: File Design

H3

10/5

- COBOL: Reading and processing data files
- COBOL: IF, PERFORM
- Physical Data Organization

- Stern: Ch. 8, 9

- Homework H5: COBOL/file exercises
- Semester Project P3: Creating data files

H4, P1

10/12

- COBOL: Control Breaks
- Variable Length Records (and a bit of arrays)

- Midterm Review

- Stern: Ch. 10 (simple arrays)

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- Semester Project P4: Processing data files

combine w/P5 and due then

P2

MIDTERM - up to control breaks

Midterm on line 10/15 - 16 (Saturday and Sunday)

- COBOL: Multiple File Programs
- Multiple Record Type Files
- Traditional File Update

- Stern: Ch. 13

Homework H6: COBOL exercises/program No traditional file update, no multiple record types

Semester Project P5: Control Break Reports

H5

- Indexed File Organization
- Semester Project Planning

- Stern: Ch. 15 (Indexed Files)

- Homework H8: Index exercises

- Semester Project P6: Project Checklist
- Semester Project P7: Project Implementation

H6

11/9

- Relative File Organization

Stern Ch. 15

- Stern: Ch. 15 (Relative Files)

- Homework H9: Indexed File exercises and program

P5/P4 combination

11/16

- Continue with Relative Files and Index file Examples

Review of Designs

- Homework H10: Indexed File program 

H7, H8

11/23

- Review of Designs

P6 is not to be handed in, but it is there as a checklist for you

H9,H10  Due 11/30

11/30

- Project Presentations

Presentations will be on your project.  You will give a demonstration of it. and if you wish show how you handled some of the code.  15 - 20 minutes each group

P7 presentations

12/7

- Project Presentations continued

Continuation of Presentations

CD & documentation due 12/12