CS 101(b) Business
and Management Software Fall
2000
INSTRUCTOR:
S. Sievers Mac 102 x3210, 607-257-7641 email sievers@wells.edu
Website for this course: aurora.wells.edu/~srs/CS102-Fall00
Office Hours: I am on campus TTh from about 9:30 till 4:30. (I'm
in class 9:40-12:20) I expect to be on campus also most Mondays, about
11-2. I'm usually around the computer labs or Math dept. offices, or there
is a note on my door. Find me, I'm yours, usually. (I am happy to
meet at lunchtime if that is our only possibility.) To be sure, make an
appointment before or in class!
TEXTS and SUPPLIES
Required texts: Excel 97 Introductory, Access 97 Introductory,
both from Course Technologies, New Perspectives series. These are packaged
together in the Bookshop. (They were used last fall also.) You will
each be working at your own pace at your own lab computer. It is
possible, but uncomfortable, to share books.
You need to provide a floppy (or zip) disk with space on it, to
download the files you'll work on in class and for homework assignments.
SCOPE OF THE COURSE
Introduction to the spreadsheet package Excel 97, used for
accounting, graphing, and other computational needs.
Introduction to the database package Access 97, used for complex
record keeping, updating, and reporting tasks.
COMPUTER LABORATORIES
Our course will meet in Mac 101. For homework, you may use this lab
or any other computer running the above software. However, for consistency,
you may find it easier to work in Mac 101. Also, the files you may need
may only be downloadable from the computers in Mac 101. (Many personal
computers have Excel, part of the Microsoft "small business" package.
Access is less common.)
The laboratories are open for use when Macmillan is open. Lab assistants
are on duty most afternoons and evenings and can help with many problems.
DIGEST
Your books have "Task Reference" summaries in the backs. I strongly
suggest, as well, that you keep a digest of what you want to remember so
that you will have something to refer to next month, semester, year when
you come in to write a letter, paper, resume, presentation. The format
should be a small notebook, index cards, sheets of paper--small enough
to carry back and forth with your floppy disk.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY and GRADING
This course was designed to give you the opportunity to acquire computer
skills in a hands-on laboratory setting. For this reason, you are expected
to attend all the classes and do the assigned work on time. The course
is 1.5 credits and is graded S/U. Here is an outline of the requirements
for earning the grade of S.
To receive a grade of S you must do one of the following:
(1) Miss at most one class
and
Hand in all assignments with at most two late and
Complete the final projects.
(2) Miss at most two classes
and
Hand in all assignments with at most three late and
Do good projects and some extra work.
(3) Miss at most three
classes and
Hand in all assignments with at most four late and
Do excellent projects and more extra work.
We will meet for 7+ weeks (14 classes). The final projects (one
in Excel, one in Access) and any extra work will be due on or before Tuesday,
Dec.12, noon.
ATTENDANCE: When you come in to class, sign the yellow pad in or near the
Homework box. This is the official attendance record--if you don't sign
it, you aren't here!
If you miss class do your best to make up the work before the next
class. Check the website for needed information. If you cannot attend
class because of serious illness or emergency, contact me as soon as you
can. The above schedule should allow flexibility enough for anything but
the most dire bad fortune.
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