A working knowledge of applications software and keyboarding is required. Software experience can be acquired through self-paced or directed courses which could be taken concurrently. Respect for the rights of others and proper security measures will be discussed. Windows 95 is currently used in the course. This course is includes content previously included in CIS 116 and 117.
Students also participate in monthly work related activities, such as meetings or seminars.
Advanced forms of topics begun in CIS 121 include sed, grep and awk and how to effectively use regular expressions, as well as constructs and special commands used in writing shell scripts. In addition, emphasis is placed on understanding how the UNIX shell operates. If time permits, the Korn shell will also be studied. This is a first course in the PC assembly language. The organization of the 80x86 microprocessor is examined to aid in the study of the instruction set.