Course Overview
Taught by: Professor Carol Shilepsky, Macmillan 104, 364-3214, cshilepsky@wells.edu.

Objective: To learn to develop and work with Excel spreadsheets.

Outcomes: Knowledge of Excel syntax; the ability to use Excel in a realistic application; the ability to continue to explore Excel as an independent learner.

Assessment: This course is graded S/U. The schedule page lists what you need to hand in. You will receive S upon satisfactory completion of the 5 tutorials and a project.

Prerequisite: None.

Text: Micrososft Office Excel 2007, Introductory Edition, Elizabeth Reding and Lynn Wermers, Course Technology, ISBN 1-4239-0521-0

Data files: You may get data files for the assignments from any of the following: Timing: This course is scheduled for the first 7 weeks of the semester. You may work on it at your own pace, but to insure that you complete by the end of the period, each assignment has an associated due date. I encourage you to complete the work as scheduled.

Dropping the course: If you drop the course by the end of the second week, it will not appear on your transcript. You may drop by the end of the fourth week with W on your transcript. After that, if you do not complete the work you will receive an F. Since this is a 1 credit course, you can expect to spend roughly 40 hours on it. Use the first weeks to assess the likelihood that you will complete the work successfully. I do not sign petitions to drop after the fourth week unless you have kept up with the work until that time and have a valid reason.

Project: You will design and implement a project of your own choosing. Details on the schedule page.

Help: There may be places where you need help. Our wonderful TAs will be in Mac 106A (the small office near Mac 110) as posted in the Software Assistance schedule. You may also email questions to software@wells.edu and they will be answered the next time someone is on duty.

Honor Code: It is a violation of the Wells College Honor Code to use the work of another student. You may talk with other students, but if you are having difficulty, see me or a TA. Because people have "inadvertently" submitted the work of another student in the past, you may not have a copy anyone else's work onto the computer you are using. I also ask that you credit anyone who has helped you or with whom you worked when you submit assignments.