Business Computer Programming

• Program Description

• Purpose

• Program Structure

• Laboratory activities

• Intended Outcomes

Business Computer Programming is a Business Technology Education job-preparatory program designed to prepare students for employment as File Clerk, General Office Clerk, Computer Programmer Aide, and Junior Programmer. This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understating and demonstration of the following elements of the computer programming industry: planning; management; finance; technical and production skills; underlying principles of technology; labor issues; community issues; and health, safety, and environmental issues.

The current programming language being offered at PBHS is Visual Basic .NET. Visual Basic is the language of the Windows operating system and it is the programming language of over 75% of business application development. VB. Net is the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Basic language, designed to run within the .Net framework. The .NET Framework is a new programming model designed to simplify application development in the highly distributed environment of the Internet. Software running on the .NET Framework can communicate with software running anywhere else through SOAP and can use standard objects locally or distributed across the Internet.

Students who earn a minimum of three credits in the COMPUTER PROGRAMMING program and meet all eligibility criteria may qualify for the Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars Award. Listed below are the courses included in this program. For Gold Seal purposes, students must earn credit in the two Business Core courses plus at lease one specialization course. 

Business Core Courses:

• Business System and Technology 1

• Business System and Technology 2

Specialization Courses:

• Business Computer Programming 1

• Business Computer Programming 2

• Business Computer Programming 3

• Business Computer Programming 4

This program is designed to prepare students for employment as a File Clerk; General Office Clerk, Computer Programmer Aide, and Junior Programmer.

This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills expanding the traditional role of the Junior Programmer. The content includes converting problems into detailed plans; writing code into computer language; testing, monitoring, debugging, documenting, and maintaining computer programs; and designing programs for specific uses and machines. Most programs taught in these courses are strictly real world business related pragrams.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the computer programming industry: planning; management; finance; technical and production skills; underlying principles of technology; labor issues; community issues; and health, safety, and environmental issues.

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This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of the Business Technology Education Core (Business Systems and Technology 1 - OCP A and Business Systems and Technology 2 - OCP B) and two additional occupational completion points.  A student who completes the applicable competencies at any occupational completion point may either continue with the training program or exit as an occupational completer. In order to have a magnet diploma for Information Technology, students must take Business Systems and Technology I and take two consecutive Computer Programming courses (Programming I and Programming II)


Business Systems and Technology I
Length of course: 150 hours (1 credit)
Course number: 8209020

This course is designed to provide a basic overview of current business, information systems, trends, introduces students to the basics and foundations required for today's business environments. Emphasis is placed on developing proficiency with touch keyboarding and fundamental computer applications so that they may be used as communication tools for enhancing personal and workplace proficiency in an information-based society. This also includes proficiency with computers using databases, spreadsheets, presentation applications, and the integration of these programs using software that meets industry standards.

Business Computer Programming III (Honors)
Length of Course: 150 hours (1 credit)
Course Number: 8206030
Prerequisites: Programming I and Programming II

This course continues the study of computer programming concepts for business applications. The content includes interfaces for Systems integration, software quality assurance, and advanced programming techniques and concepts. Students will continue to expand the knowledge that they have gained in previous programming courses and will work with local business companies to design custom programs to increase efficiency of the company.

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Laboratory activities are an integral part of this program and may include the use of keyboarding systems; data entry devices; local area networks; and microcomputer, midrange, and mainframe computer systems. The Student Computer Labs strive to enhance the learning experience for all currently enrolled students through innovative and effective use of technology. Pompano Beach High School is always providing the latest hardware and the software computer technology as an educational tool.

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After completing this program, the student will have achieved the occupational completion point of Junior Programmer and the student will be able to:

• Participate in work-based learning experiences.

• Identify functions of information processing.

• Identify functions of computers.

• Test programs.

• Plan program design.

• Code programs.

• Perform program maintenance.

• Evaluate assigned business computer programming tasks.

• Develop an awareness of software quality assurance.

• Implement enhanced program structures.

• Develop an understanding of programming techniques and concepts.

• Use databases to store data of the programs.

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