This introduction includes material from the perspective of the user, programmer, and designer. Emphasis is on the tools used for management and administration and the tradeoffs that affect operating system performance. Some coursework in the computer lab provides hands-on experience. Linux New course to be developed. Description unavailable at this time.
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A previous course in programming. Students gain hands-on experience with Visual Basic programming through a combination of lectures, examples, exercises, and programming projects. Introduction to Computers or its equivalent and College Algebra or equivalent. Some programming experience helpful but not required. Topics include objects, classes, inheritance, operator overloading, dynamic linking, class libraries, and templates.