CS1020 INTRODUCTICOMPUTING ON TO

Syllabus

 

Overview:    Gain a working understanding of the basic fundamentals of computing through lab sessions and reading material.  The work in the lab sessions consists of hands-on experience with the various features of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, and well as a general overview of Windows and Internet Explorer.  Textbook readings supplement the labs and provide an overall view of computing fundamentals.

Textbooks:    Textbook
    Capron, Computers, Tools for an Information Age 8th Ed. (Brief Version)
    
    Lab Manual
    Preston, Learn Office XP Volume 1, Enhanced Edition
        
Prerequisites:    none

Reading Topics:    1. Introduction and Overview                    Chapter 1
    2. Applications Software                                                    Chapter 2
    3. Operating Systems                                                        Chapter 3
    4. The CPU: What Goes on Inside a Computer                  Chapter 4
    5. Input and Output                                                           Chapter 5
    6. Storage and Multimedia                                                 Chapter 6
    7. Networking                                                                    Chapter 7
    8. The Internet at Home and the Workplace                      Chapter 8
    9. Computers: Past, Present, and Future                          Appendix

Lab Topics:    1. Basic Windows functions                            (1 session)
    2. Microsoft Word                                                             (7 sessions)
    3. Internet Explorer and the WWW                                   (1 session)
    4. Microsoft Excel                                                             (6 sessions)
    5. Microsoft Access                                                          (5 sessions)
    6. Microsoft PowerPoint                                                   (6 sessions)

Prepared by:    Stephani Worts

Date:    September 2004


Introduction to word processing, spreadsheets,
and database software. Taught in classrooms
equipped with microcomputers. May not
be taken for credit after a computer science
course numbered above 1001 or Accountancy