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Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025 
  
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Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025

Course Descriptions

ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses

Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses

Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.
 

Computer Information Technology
  

  • COSC 1301 - Introduction to Computing (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    Overview of computer systems hardware, operating systems, and microcomputer application software, including the Internet, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, and databases. Current issues such as the effect of computers on society, and the history and use of computers in business, educational, and other modern settings are also studied. This course is not intended to count toward a student”s major field of study in business or computer science. This course will fulfill degree requirements established by the colleges of DCCCD only if this course has been successfully completed and the date of completion does not exceed 10 years.

    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (2 Lec., 2 Lab.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1101015107
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • COSC 1315 - Introduction to Computer Programming (3 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC, RLC

    Introduction to computer programming for solving a variety of problems. This course is intended for non-computer science and non-computer engineering majors. Emphasis on the fundamentals of design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation of computer programs. Includes problem solving with structured techniques and algorithms using pseudo code and/or graphical representations. This course may use instructional examples and assignments from various programming languages, including but not limited to C, Objective-C, C++, C##, and/or Java. COSC 1315 will satisfy the Associate of Science degree general elective requirement. This course will fulfill degree requirements established by the colleges of DCCCD only if this course has been successfully completed and the date of completion does not exceed 10 years.

    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec., 1 Lab.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1102015207
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • COSC 1420 - C Programming (4 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    Introduces the fundamental concepts of structured programming in the C language. Topics include data types; control structures; functions, structures, arrays, pointers, pointer arithmetic, unions, and files; the mechanics of running, testing, and debugging programs; introduction to programming; and introduction to the historical and social context of computing.

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec., Lab.)

    ACAD

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1102015207
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • COSC 1436 - Programming Fundamentals I (4 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    This course introduces the fundamental concepts of structured programming, and provides a comprehensive introduction to programming for computer science and technology majors. Topics include software development methodology, data types, control structures, functions, arrays, and the mechanics of running, testing, and debugging. This course may use instructional examples and assignments form various programming languages including but not limited to C, Objective-C, C++, and/or Java. This course assumes computer literacy. (This course is included in the Field of Study Curriculum for Computer Science.) COSC 1436 will satisfy the Associate in Sciences degree general elective requirement. This course will fulfill degree requirements established by the colleges of DCCCD only if this course has been successfully completed and the date of completion does not exceed 10 years.

    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1102015507
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • COSC 1437 - Programming Fundamentals II (4 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC

    This course focuses on the object-oriented programming paradigm, emphasizing the definition and use of classes along with fundamentals of object-oriented design. The course includes basic analysis of algorithms, searching and sorting techniques, and an introduction to software engineering processes. Students will apply techniques for testing and debugging software. This course may use instructional examples and assignments form various programming languages including but not limited to C, Objective-C, C++, and/or Java. (This course is included in the Field of Study Curriculum for Computer Science.) COSC 1437 will satisfy the Associate in Sciences degree general elective requirement. This course will fullfill degree requirements established by the colleges of DCCCD only if this course has been successfully completed and the date of completion does not exceed 10 years.

    Prerequisites: Required : COSC 1436  and MATH 1314  or higher.
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1102015607
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • COSC 2425 - Computer Organization (4 Credit Hours)

    Campus Location: BHC, ECC, NLC

    The organization of computer systems is introduced using assembly language. Topics include basic concepts of computer architecture and organization, memory hierarchy, data types, computer arithmetic, control structures, interrupt handling, instruction sets, performance metrics, and the mechanics of testing and debugging computer systems. Embedded systems and device interfacing are introduced. (This course is included in the Field of Study Curriculum for Computer Science.) COSC 2425 will satisfy the Associate in Sciences degree general elective requirement. This course will fullfill degree requirements established by the colleges of DCCCD only if this course has been successfully completed and the date of completion does not exceed 10 years.

    Prerequisites: Required : COSC 1436 .
    Background Search Required: No

    Course Hour Configuration
    (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)

    Acad

    Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1102015407
    This is a Texas Common Course Number.
  

  • COSC 2436 - Programming Fundamentals III