Gain the job-ready skills for an entry-level mainframe programming role. Mainframe computers continue to power many mission-critical, financial, banking, and government agency systems. There are 220 billion lines of COBOL in use today. 43% of banking systems are built on COBOL, and 95% percent of ATM swipes rely on COBOL code.¹
COBOL is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. You'll learn about COBOL from its birth and through its evolution. You'll learn new features and aspects of the language, while also getting hands-on experience to increase your knowledge and abilities with COBOL as a whole. You’ll work with a variety of IBM, COBOL, and mainframe assets, project scenarios, including COBOL programming basics, TSO, ISPF, gaining practical experience with mainframe data management and software development techniques.
This Professional Certificate does not require any prior programming skills and is suitable for learners without college degrees.
Upon successful completion of this program, you’ll have analyzed the real-world mainframe environment, reviewed mainframe assets and data, and presented and created a software development plan, giving you the confidence and the portfolio to begin a career as a mainframe programmer.
¹Reuters Graphics: COBOL Blues
Overview
Syllabus
Course 1: Introduction to Enterprise Computing
- Large Scale Enterprise Computing powers all major transactions, and the Mainframe is responsible for 87% of all credit card transactions and ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: IBM COBOL Basics
- COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: IBM COBOL Core
- COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: IBM COBOL Software Development Practices
- This course is aimed at anybody interested in COBOL or or software development. In this course, you will be introduced to core practices, ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: IBM COBOL Data and File Management
- Welcome to IBM COBOL – Data and File Management! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and ... Enroll for free.
Course 6: IBM COBOL Basic Testing and Debugging
- Welcome to IBM COBOL – Basic Testing and Debugging! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and ... Enroll for free.
Course 7: IBM COBOL Software Development Process
- This course is geared towards anyone interested in learning about IBM, COBOL, mainframe computing, and the Software Development Lifecycle ... Enroll for free.
- Large Scale Enterprise Computing powers all major transactions, and the Mainframe is responsible for 87% of all credit card transactions and ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: IBM COBOL Basics
- COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: IBM COBOL Core
- COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: IBM COBOL Software Development Practices
- This course is aimed at anybody interested in COBOL or or software development. In this course, you will be introduced to core practices, ... Enroll for free.
Course 5: IBM COBOL Data and File Management
- Welcome to IBM COBOL – Data and File Management! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and ... Enroll for free.
Course 6: IBM COBOL Basic Testing and Debugging
- Welcome to IBM COBOL – Basic Testing and Debugging! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and ... Enroll for free.
Course 7: IBM COBOL Software Development Process
- This course is geared towards anyone interested in learning about IBM, COBOL, mainframe computing, and the Software Development Lifecycle ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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Large Scale Enterprise Computing powers all major transactions, and the Mainframe is responsible for 87% of all credit card transactions and enables 71% of all Fortune 500 companies. Mainframes are fundamental on how we do business, and IBM Z is the only production mainframe sold today. Virtually everyone depends on it. This is your introduction to the hardware, operating systems, security, and features that make this possible. On successful completion of this course, learners are eligible to earn their Introduction to Enterprise Computing badge. More information can be found here: https://www.youracclaim.com/org/ibm/badge/introduction-to-enterprise-computing
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Welcome to IBM COBOL – Data and File Management! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and hands on experience with IBM COBOL data and file management. In this course, you will learn the fundamental elements of COBOL code. You will learn the process of working with COBOL data. You will learn handling COBOL files. This course also relational databases in a mainframe, COBOL context. So let’s get started!
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COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. In this COBOL CORE class you’ll discover more features of the language, how to handle tables, edit, use switches, numeric usage, and structured COBOL. Enjoy your ride through the world of COBOL! We’re excited to have you here and can’t wait to get started.
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Welcome to IBM COBOL – Basic Testing and Debugging! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and hands on experience with IBM COBOL testing and debugging topics and technologies. In this course, you will describe common errors associated with working with COBOL. You will list file status codes. You will also describe the process of debugging COBOL code. So let’s get started!
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COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. In the Basics course you will learn about COBOL from its birth and through its evolution. You will have some basic lessons on handling numbers, symbols, editing, procedures, and the overall program structure. You'll even have the opportunity to create code of your own. Buckle up and join us on a ride through the world of COBOL, we can't wait to see you in class.
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This course is aimed at anybody interested in COBOL or or software development. In this course, you will be introduced to core practices, systems, and methodologies associated with IBM COBOL software development. You will learn about COBOL as a self-documenting language. You will review working with existing coding. This course also covers quality assurance (QA), technical support and project management.
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This course is geared towards anyone interested in learning about IBM, COBOL, mainframe computing, and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and increasing their knowledge and hands on experience with core concepts and technologies including life cycle and systems analysis concepts, design and structured coding, and a wide variety of topics designed to provide relevant, requisite working knowledge and practical experience.
Taught by
Erik Herman and Jeff Bisti
