COBOL Programming Curriculum Outline
COBOL: Debugging and Testing
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to the use of tools and techniques for debugging and testing COBOL programs
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration3 Hours
COBOL: Debugging and Testing- To describe validation techniques
- To describe syntax and logic errors
- To describe debugging tools and techniques
Back to ListCOBOL: Advanced Programming
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce the student to some advanced programming techniques in COBOL
Target AudienceThis suite of courses is intended for people who wish to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration4 Hours
COBOL: Advanced Programming- To explain how to process tables of varying dimensions
- To describe how to write code for a print program, design a report on a print chart, and use the WRITE statement
- To explain the logic behind control-break processing, and how to code a single-level and a multiple-level control break
- To familiarize you with the CALL statement and its USING clause, the COPY statement, and embedded SQL
Back to ListCOBOL: Report Writer
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to REPORT WRITER
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration3 Hours
COBOL: Report Writer- To describe what the Report Writer module can do, and how you code it in the DATA DIVISION
- To give an overview of the group and elementary level clauses of COBOLs Report Writer Module
- To identify and explain the statements you code in the PROCEDURE DIVISION of a Report Writer program
Back to ListCOBOL: The Data Division
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to the Data Division
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL, or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration4 Hours
COBOL: The Data Division- To describe the file description (FD) paragraph in the FILE SECTION of the DATA DIVISION
- To explain how COBOL deals with file records
- To describe the JUSTIFIED, USAGE, and SYNCHRONIZED clauses
- To explain the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION in COBOL
Back to ListIntroducing COBOL
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to COBOL programming
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration4 Hours
Introducing COBOL - To explain the basic concepts of computer languages and programs
- To explain the purpose and evolution of the COBOL programming language
- To explain the use of indentation, punctuation, character sets, and reserved words in COBOL
- To outline the functions of the four divisions in a COBOL program
Back to ListCOBOL: Structured Program Development
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to the fundamentals of structured programming
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration3 Hours
COBOL: Structured Program Development- To describe the design phase of program development
- To describe how to compose, compile, and maintain a computer program
- To describe how to debug and test a computer program
Back to ListCOBOL: Statements and Editing Characters
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to the PROCEDURE DIVISION
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL, or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration3 Hours
COBOL: Statements and Editing Characters- To provide an overview of the PROCEDURE DIVISION and introduce you to the basic statements in that division
- To describe how arithmetic statements are used in COBOL programs
- To examine the effect of arithmetic options and editing on field contents and to discuss the use of intrinsic functions
Back to ListCOBOL: Flow Control and Iteration
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to the use of flow control and iteration in structured programming
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration4 Hours
COBOL: Flow Control and Iteration- To show how IF statements are used to control the flow of a COBOL program
- To explain how conditional statements can evaluate values in different ways
- To introduce the PERFORM statement and illustrate its variations and uses in a COBOL program
- To explain how COBOL reserved words can manipulate data items
Back to ListCOBOL: File Handling
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to COBOLs file handling concepts
Target AudienceStudents wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Expected Duration4 Hours
COBOL: File Handling- To explain COBOLs file concepts
- To describe how to process sequential files
- To explain indexed and relative files in COBOL
- To explain how to sort and merge files
Back to ListIBM Enterprise Operating Systems
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce students to the principal IBM enterprise operating systems
Target AudienceCOBOL and other system developers, application programmers, network administrators, and students seeking an understanding of IBM operating systems
Expected Duration4 Hours
IBM Enterprise Operating Systems- To describe the main features of IBMs MVS operating system, and how users interact with it
- To outline the features of the VM operating system
- To introduce the OS/400
- To outline the features of the AIX operating system
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COBOL Programming
COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages still in active use. Its name is an acronym for COmmon Business-
Oriented Language, defining its primary domain in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and
governments. Like the C++ programming language, object-oriented COBOL compilers are available even as the language moves toward
standardization. Fujitsu and Micro Focus currently support object-oriented COBOL compilers targeting the .NET framework.
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Programming Training
This course will teach the beginning operations of the IBM AS/400 and outline the features of the AIX operating system. It will also
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of the components that you will learn are the PROCEDURE DIVISION, the REPORT WRITER, and the use of tools and techniques for debugging
and testing COBOL programs.
COBOL Programming
