Characteristics, principles, and specific commands of each will be discussed in lectures. Use of the Internet is taught as well as graphics input by color scanner and incorporation of tables, graphics, and images in text documents. ArcView is an excellent teaching tool. They store and recall geographic environmental data in response to questions on resource management. Relational and codasyl database models, design, and implementation.
Lectures stress practical applications to various fields.
Assignments make use of popular relational and hierarchical DBMS's available on the College's PC network and mainframe terminals. Characteristics, principles, and specific commands of each will be discussed in lectures. Debugging techniques, program maintenance, computer logic, and proper documentation will also be covered. This course is a continuation of DP 222. This course will enable the student to focus in depth on a particular issue in computing.