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
VN
This course is very well-designed and I really enjoy listening to the videos and quizzes. I get to remember the concept quickly.
RC
I feel equipped with the basics to move foward. Thank you so much!
EG
Excellent course to increase knowledge in Cobol Core.
DR
Very useful and informative course with good learning material, videos, and assessments
KB
there was one section that you had to become a member to read the article. that should not be necessary and i did not read t hat article.
BW
I am so happy for this opportunity and I really enjoyed the learning process! Great resources and instructors! I enjoyed the whole course!
V
i have already system programming skills, this course is outstanding in grooming a lot more on understanding thanks, team.
MA
Thank a lot to the instructor for this course but I would like to know which COBOL Version he used in the course?
AD
This is a great course for my career advancement, thank you
NK
Some items have a wrong doc link (reading material)
VP
The more I re-watch the videos, study materials the more exciting it is. I also want to thank Jeff Bisti and his team, Brenton Belmar, Mark Nelson for the captivating and passionate lectures.
SS
The course was amazing, Hats off to the team for adding this much amount of information in this basic course.
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The course is quite dull and there are not enough visualizations of the system that instructor is talking about. The quizzes are not related to material talked about in videos at all and were quite difficult and out of context. Reading material was impossible to read - classic ibm 400 page document, incomprehensible to a beginner.
Basics could have been cleared out first properly, before going into detail regarding each component. Topics were discussed as if the learner had previous experience. This is not a beginner course at all!
for a introdutory course i guess the concepts are bad approch for one has not expirience with the IT.
Jeff is a great icon on this course. The weekly quiz however were really hard to solve for me. I have the feeling, that some questions are not topic in the videos.
the is too much theory without any logical diagram explaining it.
Many terms not properly explained. I had to internet search to get test answers clearly not included in material. All delivered as though I was already an expert.
There are so much topics that aren't properly discussed during the course but appears anyways in the exams. NOT beginner friendly
This is not a course, just some guys reading slides. Better to read IBM Redbooks.
Excelente curso pAra iniciantes, demonstra todas as particularidades do sistema z/OS e seus beneficios, de uma forma didática consegue entrar nas particularidades do sistema, demonstrando segurança, criptografia, recursos e features, softwares e particularidades de parametrização. Inclui material rico e permite interação com outros estudantes, um curso essencial para quem conhece e quer aprimorar ainda mais o conhecimento (autalizar) e para quem não teve ainda contato com o incrível MAINFRAME.Parabéns pelo conteúdo, apresentação e material do curso!!
Excellent course which provides an introduction to enterprise computing with IBM Z, presented in a very engaging manner by Jeff Bisti. Highly recommended for those who want to learn about mainframes.
AMAZING course covering IBM Z architecture, design, hardware and software components. Thanks Jeff and team for this very comprehensive overview of the platform.
Exceptional course. No doubt. God Bless IBM and Coursera for providing such a course for a such a good price. Very knowledgeable..... GOD Bless YOU ALWAYS....
The course was excellent, full of knowledge and Trainer Jeff was very interesting and making these an good course to start your career in Mainframe.
The speaker is top - explains well and makes funny jokes! The only reason why I give four instead of five stars is because sometimes the questions in the quiz were not covered during the videos . (pretty sure about that)
Pretty good information, hard to comprehend but that is to be expected. Best course I have seen for beginners learning about Mainframes
The Presenters were polished, knowledgeable, and well spoken, the production values high - it's IBM. But, much of the time the questions were unrelated to the content presented. Between having a good background knowledge of computing in general and having worked with mainframes long long ago I muddled through. There is plenty of good stuff in the presentations to have questions on.
The acronyms will have your head spinning. Quick heads-up. You will need to do a lot of reading on your own to better understand the underlying concepts.
I think it needs more coverage, especially for people who've never seen any IBM stuff before.
Gostaria de expressar minha profunda gratidão pelo curso que tive a oportunidade de realizar. Foi uma experiência incrível e enriquecedora, e gostaria de compartilhar alguns pontos que realmente me impressionaram: Conteúdo Relevante e Atualizado: O conteúdo abordado foi extremamente relevante para minha área de interesse. A forma como os tópicos foram apresentados tornou o aprendizado mais acessível e prático. Metodologia de Ensino: A metodologia utilizada durante as aulas foi excepcional. As explicações foram claras, e os exemplos práticos ajudaram a consolidar o conhecimento. Suporte e Disponibilidade: Agradeço pela disponibilidade em esclarecer dúvidas e fornecer feedback construtivo. Isso fez toda a diferença na minha jornada de aprendizado. Comunidade e Networking: O curso também proporcionou a oportunidade de conhecer outros profissionais da área. A troca de experiências e o networking foram valiosos. Em resumo, estou muito satisfeito com o curso e recomendo a todos que desejam aprimorar seus conhecimentos. Obrigado por contribuir para o meu crescimento profissional! Atenciosamente, Lindomar Rodrigues