Course Descriptions: COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(See also Business, Computer Business Office Technology, and Multimedia Art and Technology)

COMP 330 INTRODUCTION TO PERL
Units (Grade Option) 1.5; Class Hours: Minimum of 24 lecture/8 by arrangement lab hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): CIS 250/251 or 284/285 or COMP 235 or 236 or CIT 311. Description: Perl is a fundamental building block for interactive Web pages and an important programming language in the Biotech industry. Perl is examined as a general purpose programming language, and this course focuses on Perl’s unique data types, flow of control, pattern matching and the application of these specialized features to real problems. Students write stand alone Perl programs and Web CGI scripts that take full advantage of all the basic features of the language. Transfer: CSU, UC*.

COMP 331 INTERMEDIATE PERL
Units (Grade Option) 1.5; Class Hours: Minimum of 24 lecture/8 by arrangement lab hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 100; Prerequisite(s): COMP 330. Description: Continuation of COMP 330. Perl is a fundamental building block for interactive Web pages and an important programming language in the Biotech industry. This course builds on Introduction to Perl focusing on Perl’s idioms, reference-based compound data structures, and object-oriented programming. It is the basis for advanced Perl library modules including the CGI module for interacting with the WWW pages. Students write sophisticated object-oriented Perl programs and implement basic library modules. Transfer: CSU, UC*.

Updated: 6/30/11