In this course, students gain a broad understanding of modern computer programming. Students acquire introductory skills in problem analysis, solution design, and program construction. Through practical programming activities, students gain an appreciation of the nature and history of computer programming.

The student will be introduced to Business Intelligence (BI) and the benefits of BI to an organization. The student will gain skills in tools used for extracting data from sources of various formats, manipulating this data, combining with other data, and producing and saving meaningful output for management in various formats. A combination of different software products will be used to develop applications.