Include a brief summary of the course topics and requirements, the general format of the course, and the methods of evaluation.

== Skills and knowledge students should have prior to beginning the course: ==

  * A good knowledge of programming structures.
  * An ability to review and comprehend programs.
  * An ability to write documents relating to design of systems.
  * A good ability to program in more than one language.

== Course Topics: ==

  * Introduction to legacy software.
  * Introductory Fortran: Background and elementary language structures.
  * Intermediate Fortran: Advanced programming structures.
  * Modernizing Fortran: Converting programs in old dialects to newer versions of Fortran. 
  * Introductory Ada: Background and elementary language structures.
  * Intermediate Ada: Intermediate programming structures of Ada.
  * Advanced Ada: Advanced programming structures of Ada.
  * Introductory Cobol: Background and elementary language structures.
  * Intermediate Cobol: Intermediate programming structures of Cobol.
  * Modernizing Cobol: Converting programs in old dialects to newer versions of Cobol.
  * Case Studies: The Millennium Bug (Y2K) and a look at various real legacy systems.
  * Software Archeology and Re-engineering Legacy Code

== Course Format: ==

  * Lecture format: Distance Education
  * Online materials location and format: Courselink, PDFs
  * Lab or tutorial format and expectations: Weekly online activites


== Method of evaluation: ==

  * Number of Assignments: 4
  * Number of Graded Labs: 0
  * Number of Quizzes: 0
  * Formal Midterm? 0
  * Course project? 0
  * Final Exam? 0
  * Group work? 0
  * mostly programming assignments? Yes
  * Written documents? Each assignment requires a 4-5 page report analyzing the work done.