New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Computer and Information Science Department (CIS)
CIS365-001: File Structures and Management, Fall 1999
Professor: Michael Bieber

CIS365-001 Schedule V2a (10/18/99)

(E) Exercises ; (P) COBOL Programs

Date	Topic	Homework Due	Homework Assigned
M 8/30	Introduction; COBOL Program Structure		HW1: Getting to Know You (E)
W 9/1	COBOL: Basic Commands and Variables
M 9/6	COBOL Data Files and Records	HW1
W 9/8	COBOL Hands On Training 1		Tutorial #1: COBOL exercises
M 9/13	COBOL Hands On Training 2		Tutorial #2: COBOL exercises
W 9/15	Input Data Files	Complete Tutorials	HW2a: Creating Input Files (P)
M 9/20	Output Files		HW2b: Reading & Displaying Data Files (P)
W 9/22	Logical vs. Physical File Organizations	HW2a
M 9/27	Logical vs. Physical, cont.	HW2b
W 9/29	Fundamental File Operations & Traditional File Update		HW3: Fundamental File Operations (E)
M 10/4	File Systems	HW3
W 10/6	Reports in COBOL		HW4: Reports
M 10/11	Variable Length Records		HW5: Variable Length Records (E)
W 10/13	Indexes & VSAM	HW4
M 10/18	Applying Indexed COBOL Commands	HW5	Old Midterm (E)
W 10/20	Midterm Review	Old Midterm
M 10/25	Midterm :-(		HW6a: Indexes (E); HW6b: indexed File Organization (P)
W 10/27	Midterm Recap & Semester Project Description		Choose Semester Project Group
M 11/1	Semester Project Planning Session		HW7a: Semester Project Proposal
W 11/3	Relative File Organization	HW6a, 6b
M 11/8	Semester Project Proposal Presentations	HW7a
W 11/10	Semester Project Proposal Presentations		HW7b: Semester Project Design; HW7c: Semester Project
M 11/15	Relative File Organization, continued	HW7b
W 11/17	Relative File Organization, continued		HW8: Relative Organization (E)
M 11/22	Linked Lists		HW9: Linked Lists (E)
M 11/29	Guest Lecture	HW8
W 12/1	Discussion; Recap Session; Final Exam Review	HW9
M 12/6	Project Presentations	HW7c
W 12/8	Project Presentations, continued

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