CSCI-110 03 Daily Syllabus, Spring 2008

Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 – 2:15 PM

1.0    General Information

    Class Time: Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

    Class Location: 220 Thompson

    Instructor: Dr. Shankar M Banik

                                Office: 222 Thompson

                                Phone: 953-5039

                                Email: shankar.banik@citadel.edu

    Instructor Office Hours:

                            Tuesday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

                            Wednesday 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

                            Thursday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

                            Friday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 

2.0    Course Material

     Textbooks:

• Discovering Computers 2008 - Shelly Cashman Vermaat
• Microsoft Office 2003, First Course, Premium Edition, Course Technology

 

3.0            Course Goals 

This course presents an introduction to computer systems and computer applications in a Microsoft Windows™ PC environment. Students learn to use software packages for word processing, database management, spreadsheets, and communication in solving common problems in business management and social sciences. This course is intended for students with little or no prior computer experience.

A student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

·         Use the software applications described above to solve problems similar to those encountered in the course

·         Answer and discuss basic questions relating to computers, computer systems and software

 

4.0            Required Course Work

·         Home-works
Home-works contain multiple choice questions from chapters in the Discovering Computer 2008 textbook. You will do each home-work using SAM. You may repeat any homework two times as needed, in order to achieve a better grade.

 

·         MS Office Tutorial Training
Tutorial training will help you learn the usage of MS Office applications. You need to complete certain number of tasks in each training using SAM.

 

·         MS Office Tutorial Exam
After completing each tutorial training, you need to take the tutorial exam on MS Office Applications using SAM.

 

·         Unit Tests
There will be Three Unit Tests during the semester. These tests will be given on WebCT. Tentative dates for the Unit Tests are Tuesday February 12, Thursday March 13 and Tuesday April 15 at Thompson 220 during the class. Missing a test without a previously approved excuse will result in a grade of zero for that test. Makeup test are never available.

 

·         Final Exam
The Final Examination is from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Monday, April 28.  Final Exam will be given on WebCT. The Final Examination is comprehensive. No Final Examination can be given early, except as required by The Citadel Policy

 

5.0    Course Policies

SAM 2003: Skills Assessment Manager 2003 (SAM 2003), a web-based software application that measures the proficiency of a student in Microsoft Office 2003 applications suite and general computer concepts, will be used in the course.

How to use SAM 2003:  Go to http://sam2003.course.com/ and add yourself as a new user to your section (Section: 03). You will need the following institution key and an access key that can be found in your Textbooks package to complete this process.

SAM Institution Key: S3721244

Tentative Schedule:

1	1/10/08 (Th)	Overview, Create your user account on SAM2003 by the web at http://sam2003.course.com and using your access key start MS Word Project 2 Training  at SAM
2	1/15 (T)	D/C Chapter 1 Homework at SAM, MS Word Project 2 Training  at SAM
3	1/17 (Th)	MS Word Project 2 Exam at SAM
4	1/22 (T)	D/C Chapter 2 Homework at SAM,  MS Word Project 3 Training at SAM
5	1/24 (Th)	MS Word Project 3 Exam at SAM
6	1/29 (T)	D/C Chapter 3 Homework at SAM, MS Excel Project 1 Training at SAM
7	1/31 (Th)	MS Excel Project 1 Exam at SAM
8	2/5 (T)	D/C Chapter 4 Homework at SAM, MS Excel Project 2 Training at SAM
9	2/7 (Th)	MS Excel Project 2 Exam at SAM
10	2/12 (T)	Test 1 (covers D/C Chapters 1-4) on WebCT
11	2/14 (Th)	D/C Chapter 5 Homework at SAM,  MS Excel Project 3 Training at SAM
12	2/19 (T)	MS Excel Project 3 Exam at SAM
13	2/21 (Th)	D/C Chapter 6 Homework at SAM,  MS Excel Project Web Feature Training at SAM
14	2/26 (T)	MS Excel Project Web Feature Exam at SAM
15	2/28 (Th)	D/C Chapter 7 Homework  at SAM, MS PowerPoint Project 1 Training at SAM
16	3/4 (T)	MS PowerPoint Project 1 Exam at SAM
17	3/6 (Th)	D/C Chapter 8 Homework  at SAM, MS PowerPoint Project 2 Training at SAM
18	3/11(T)	MS PowerPoint Project 2 Exam at SAM
19	3/13 (Th)	Test 2 (covers Chapters 5-8) on WebCT
20	3/18 (T)	D/C Chapter 9 Homework  at SAM, MS Access Project 1 Training at SAM
21	3/20 (Th)	MS Access Project 1 Exam at SAM
22	4/1 (T)	D/C Chapter 10 Homework  at SAM, MS Access Project 2 Training at SAM
23	4/3 (Th)	MS Access Project 2 Exam at SAM
24	4/8 (T)	D/C Chapter 11 Homework  at SAM
25	4/10 (Th)	D/C Chapter 15 Homework  at SAM
26	4/15 (T)	Test 3 (covers Chapters 9-11, 15) on WebCT
27	4/17 (Th)	Catch-up day
28	4/22(T)	Review
29	4/28(Monday)	Final Exam CSCI-110-03  at 1300 hours on WebCT

 

Class Attendance: It is advised that students attend all lab classes. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each lab class.

E-mail: Any announcement will be sent through email. Class emails are sent to your official Citadel email address. You are responsible for making sure that you are receiving class e-mails. It is your responsibility to have your official email account working properly and forwarding to the location where you read emails.

Webpage: SAM 2003 (http://sam2003.course.com) and WebCT (http://webct.citadel.edu) will be used as the course websites for this course. You will use SAM 2003 to do Home-works, MS Office Training and MS Office Exams. You will use WebCT to take three Unit Tests and the Final Exam. All grades will be posted on WebCT.

Grading: There are five components to the course grade. They are weighted as follows.

 

The grading scale will be no higher than the following. It may be lower at the discretion of the instructor.

 

Policy on Late Assignments, Tests
Assignments are due on the assigned date. Tests must be taken on the assigned date at the assigned time. There is no "extra credit" make-up work. Just do the assigned work at the assigned time. Excuses will not be accepted, but legitimate reasons for late work will be given due consideration by the instructor. Late submissions carry penalty and may not be accepted two weeks beyond the due date. Minimum penalty is 10% per week. 
 

Disability

Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact the instructor personally as soon as possible so that necessary accommodations can be made to ensure full participation and to facilitate educational opportunities.

Academic Misconduct

All work submitted for an individual grade, should be the work of that single individual, and not their friends, nor their tutor. It is your responsibility to be familiar with the policies mentioned in The Honor Manual of The Citadel. Ignorance of these policies is not an excuse for violating them.