Computer Information Systems in Business

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code:

CIS130

Instructor:     

Sarah Davis

Phone: (864) 225-7653

             (864) 356-8447

E-mail: sarahdavis@forrestcollege.edu

Credit Hours:

3.0 Quarter Credit Hours awarded upon Completion.

Course Schedule:

Class meets independently starting June 30, 2008 to September 13, 2008

Text:

Microsoft Office 2007 Illustrated Second Course, Beskeen, Cram, Duffy, Friedrichsen, and Wermers, published by, Course Technology, a division of Thompson Learning, TM. © 2008 ISBN:  1-4239-0510-6

Course Description:

Explores and provides practical exercises to under­stand the various types of software applications available for more efficient business and personal management.  Word processing and spreadsheet applications are continued at more advanced level.  Database applications are introduced as well as applications within an operating system.  Skills are developed using the advanced level features of specified software applications such as creating data files, macro applications, document summary, extensive formulas, and importing as well as exporting information.  Students undertake advanced projects in order to increase skills.

Prerequisite:

CIS100 or permission of instructor.

Course Outline:

Note: Instructor reserves the right to modify the outline as the needs of the class dictate

Getting Started

 

Discussion of Syllabus and course overview.

Word Unit E: Creating & Formatting Tables

Exercises pgs. Word 106-121

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 1 & 2

Visual Workshop

Word Unit F: Illustrating Documents With Graphics

Exercises pgs. Word 130-145

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 1 & 3

Visual Workshop

Word Unit G: Working with Themes and Building Blocks

Exercises pgs. Word 154-169

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 2 & 3

Visual Workshop

Word Unit H: Merging Word Documents

Exercises pgs. Word 178-193

Skills review

Independent Challenges 1 & 3

Visual Workshop

Test - Word

Excel Unit E: Analyzing Data Using Formulas

Exercises pg. Excel 106-121

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 2 & 3

Visual Workshop

Excel Unit F: Managing Workbook Data

Exercises pgs. Excel 130-145

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 2 & 3

Visual Workshop

Excel Unit G: Using Tables

Exercises pgs. Excel 154-169

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 1 & 3

Visual Workshop

Excel Unit H: Analyzing Table Data

Exercises pgs. Excel178-193

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 2 & 3

Visual Workshop

Test - Excel

Power Point Unit E: Working with Advanced Tools and Masters

Exercises pgs. Power Point 98-113

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 2 & 3

Visual Workshop

Power Point Unit F: Enhancing Charts

Exercises pgs. Power Point 122-137

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 2 & 3

Visual Workshop

Power Point Unit G: Inserting Illustrations, Objects, and Media Clips

Exercises pgs. Power Point 146-161

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 1 & 3

Visual Workshop pg.

Power Point Unit H: Using Advanced Features

Exercises pgs. Power Point 170-185

Exercises pgs. 510-527

Skills Review

Independent Challenges 1 & 4

Visual Workshop

Test – Power Point

 

Instruction Method:

This course combines lecture (instructor led) and individualized hands-on student participation (self-paced) instructional methodologies, step-by-step lessons, skill reviews, and independent challenges reinforce lectures to make the course accessible and easy to absorb and provide a great reference for after the course is over.

Grading:

Evaluation Criteria / Basis for Final Grade:

Attendance...................................................................................... 15%

Unit exercises.................................................................................. 25%

Skills Reviews, Independent Challenges and V.W......................... 25%

Tests................................................................................................ 35%

Total............................................................................................... 100%

 

Scale:             A          100-90

                        B            89-80

                        C           79-70

                        D           69-60

                        F            59-00

Make-up work:

It is the individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as the result of having missed a class session.  Call your classmates; e-mail them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you need in order to demonstrate competence in this course.

Attendance:

Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class.  You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about.  You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail.  Let your instructor and members of your group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc.  As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance.  You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 10% of your grade.  You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates.  You must be in attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates.