• Code: ITP8TD292
• Extent: 3 ECTS (81 h) 
• Timing: 3rd semester
• Language: English
• Level: Free choice studies  
• Type: Elective 

Starting level  and linkage with other courses

No prerequisites

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the student

• has the basic understanding of the mainframe computer

Course contents

• Overview and Orientation 
• Mainframe Hardware Systems and High Availability 
• z/OS Overview 
• Interactive Facilities on z/OS: TSO/E, ISPF, UNIX 
• Working with Datasets 
• JCL and SDSF 
• Batch Processing and JES 
• Designing and Developing Applications for z/OS 
• Using Programming Languages on z/OS 
• Compiling and Binding a Program on z/OS 
• z/OS System Programming
• Security on z/OS
• Networking on z/OS

Cooperation with the business community

The course will be held with IBM and it is supervised by companies that are mainframe users. Also some work opportunities are available for the prominent students. This course is based on  the corse text from IBM “An Introduction to the Mainframe: z/OS Basics”. After the course student can take the IBM System z Mastery Test.

Teaching and learning methods

In each module first the theory is introduced by the lecturer and after that there are some excersizes done on the mainframe computer

Contact hours  50 h

Independent studies 30 h

Teacher responsible

Matti Kurki, Pasila

Course materials

IBM: An Introduction to the Mainframe: z/OS Basics. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/education/skills_coursematerials.html#zbasics

Other material given by the teacher.

Assessment criteria

Exam 100 %