Information and Decision Sciences

IDS 201 Introduction to Business Programming

Credit hours 3
Catalog description Disciplined computer-assisted problem solving. Structured programming, data types and data structures, modularization. Program design for business information- and decision-support. Prerequisites: IDS 200 and Math 160 or the equivalent courses
Key topics
  • Structured problem solving
  • C++ as an example of structured programming language
  • Control structures
  • Procedures
  • Data types and data structures (array, records, list, files)
Prerequisites for this course IDS 200 and Math 160
Course(s) for which this is a prerequisite IDS 400, IDS 401, IDS 405, IDS 406, IDS 410, IDS 420
Required course for Core course for IDS Majors
Elective course for None
Frequency of offering Fall
Recent offerings, instructors, syllabi Fall 2008 Chang
Fall 2006 Ye
Spring 2006 Tharakunnel
Planned offerings Fall 2009
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Comments C++ programming is taught in this course.