Learning COBOL

Good Evening,

I am eager to learn COBOL, JCL, TSO, CICS and all of the other minutiae that
go along with programming on an IBM mainframe. Does anyone know if any
college or university anywhere in the U.S. (preferably near Denver) offers
courses in such areas? Failing that, does anyone have advice on how to
proceed, how to learn the skills that would be marketable to an employer
without the backing of a university? What, if anything, would prompt an
employer to accept a self-trained programmer?

Thanks for any advice you can offer. If this isn't the right list for this,
I apologize; if you feel you have information but this is an off-topic
question, please reply privately. I began my COBOL studies with a mentor
who said I had the mind of a programmer. Between his lessons and lots of
time with books, I've actually written some useful COBOL, and I can write
basic JCL and use TSO fairly well. BUT CICS is a mystery, and I know
there's a lot more to cover in all areas.

Thanks in advance.

Lora





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