CENT 110 - Introduction to Information Systems
- Prerequisite: ICS 100 or ICS 101
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and skills of software development. Students learn how programs are written and what the fundamental building blocks are. Students are introduced to the software development process. Topics such as compilers, interpreters, clients and servers, introduction to naming issues, programming languages and syntax are covered. Cross-listed at ICS 110.
Contact: 3 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of CENT 110, the student will be able to:
- Describe occupational areas related to Information Technology.
- Use proper terminology to describe the Internet and explain how it works.
- Use a search engine to perform on-line research.
- Create a Web site on a local or remote server.
- Create Web pages by writing HTML code with a simple text editor.
- Insert hyperlinks into a Web page.
- Manage Web page files and folders including the assignment of permission codes.
- Write simple programs that use input, output, selection statements, and repetition statements.
- Explain the steps involved in the programming process.
- Solve simple problems and express those solutions as algorithms.
- Write, test, and debug elementary programs.
- Describe how programming relates to their careers.