AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING.

The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi is extremely fortunate in having a computer installation comprised of the IBM 630 computer and auxiliary equipment. A course in electronic data processing was established in the School of Commerce and Business Administration in February, 1959. The course is entitled Business Data Processing, and carries three semester hours credit. It is being offered at the junior level to any student having a minimum of nine hours of accounting. Since the majority of students in the School are required to take nine hours of accounting, no particular major field of study is precluded from participation in the course. Based on the assumption that not only accounting but other fields would be represented in the student enrollment, it appeared that the introductory portion of the course should be similar to the systems course required of all accounting majors. It is believed that the student will have a better background for the computer portion of the course if he has first been grounded in manual and punched card systems. Also, it will insure that all students will be exposed to an equal amount of material regarding manual and punched card systems.