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Erik Herman

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

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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

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Six courses

IBM COBOL Basics

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COBOL is a programming language used by many businesses. It is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. This course will teach you the basics of COBOL, including handling numbers, symbols, editing, procedures, and program structure. You will also have the opportunity to write your own COBOL code.

IBM COBOL Core

COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. It is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. This COBOL CORE class covers advanced features of the language, including tables, editing, switches, numeric usage, and structured COBOL.

IBM COBOL Software Development Practices

This course introduces core practices, systems, and methodologies associated with IBM COBOL software development. You will learn about COBOL as a self-documenting language and review working with existing coding. This course also covers quality assurance (QA), technical support, and project management.

IBM COBOL Data and File Management

Welcome to IBM COBOL – Data and File Management! This course teaches you the fundamentals of COBOL code, data, and file handling. You'll also learn about relational databases in a mainframe COBOL context.

IBM COBOL Basic Testing and Debugging

Welcome to IBM COBOL – Basic Testing and Debugging! This course will teach you about common errors in COBOL, file status codes, and debugging techniques.

IBM COBOL Software Development Process

This course is for anyone interested in IBM, COBOL, mainframe computing, and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It covers core concepts and technologies, including life cycle and systems analysis concepts, design and structured coding.

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