Catalog description: Database concepts and structures. File and data management principles underlying database construction. Fundamental types of database models, with emphasis on relational databases as well as on major non-relational forms. Practice in analysis, design, development, and optimization of working database applications on a variety of problems. Small and large system databases will be considered. Prerequisite: BCIS 3332 or BCIS 3333 or approval of department head.
Catalog description: An enhanced coverage of visual application development using Visual Basic and the native integrated development environment. Covers logic, working with forms, sequential and direct file access, scope and visibility rules, and numerous additional Visual Basic topics. The student will analyze and program several problems. Primarily offered on the Central Texas campus. Prerequisite Course(s): CIS 103: Computer Concepts and Applications; or CIS 300: Computer Technology and Impact and CIS 110: Intro to Programming Logic & Design; or CIS 303: Programming Logic and Design
Catalog description: An introduction to event-driven, visual application development using Visual Basic. Covers the fundamental structure of Visual Basic and its standard features. Students will analyze and program several representative problems. Prerequisite Course(s): CIS 110: Intro to Programming Logic & Design
Catalog Description: An overview of computer concepts and applications, including popular productivity software. Students will acquire skills in the use of personal computers and software applicable to the management of information and delivery of services in a wide variety of fields.
Catalog description: A sequel to English 111, this course introduces students to research in academic contexts. Students address questions such as What is it for? What are its limitations? What are some of its shapes? How does one go about it? The course introduces students to a variety of research methods, systems of documentation, contemporary library resources, and research genres. Among other writing tasks for the course, each student is expected to carry out his/her own research study for possible publication in The Tarleton Freshman Writer. Prerequisite: ENGL 111.
Catalog description: A prerequisite to English 112, the course introduces students to the diverse characteristics of writing for academic contexts. Students in English 111 write about ideas, in particular responding analytically and critically to written sources. The course helps students become familiar with academic audiences, situations, purposes, genres, and some primary conventions (style, arrangement) of those genres. Moreover, students work to develop their own composing processes, particularly for ways of inventing ideas, planning, and revising their texts.