2023-2024 Course Information
BP20 SAS Base Programming
| Course Number | BP20 |
| Course Title | SAS Base Programming |
| Course Description | This course is the entry point for students to learn SAS programming. Students will learn how to plan and write SAS programs to solve common data analysis problems. Instruction provides practice running and debugging programs. The emphasis is placed on reading input data, creating lists and summary reports, defining new variables, executing code conditionally, reading raw data files and SAS data sets, and writing the results to SAS data sets. Strong communication skills are necessary and English language arts, mathematics, and computer science standards are reinforced. |
| Course Status | Standard |
| Course Type | Adopted |
| POL (Proof of Learning) | Credential |
| Credential as POL | SAS Certified Specialist Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4 |
| Curriculum Date | Summer 2021 |
| Hours of Instruction | 135-150 |
| Recommended Maximum Enrollment | 20 |
| Course Credit | 1 |
| Inherently Honors | Yes |
| Math Option Credit | No |
| Prerequisite Course(s) | None |
| Career Cluster(s) | Information Technology (INFO) |
| Pathway Level(s) | Data Science (DTSC) - Concentrator |
| Work-based Learning | Apprenticeship Business and Industry Field Trip Entrepreneurial Experience Internship Job Shadowing Mentorship Pre-apprenticeship School-based Enterprise Service Learning |
| Aligned Credential(s) or Certification(s) | SAS Certified Specialist Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4 |
| CTSO(s)(Career and Technical Student Organization) | Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) SkillsUSA Technology Student Association (TSA) |
| SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) Code(s) | Computer Network Support Specialists (15-1231)Computer Programmers (15-1251)Desktop Publishers (43-9031)Software Developers (15-1252)Web Developers (15-1254) |