INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
CSCI1000-03/05 Course Syllabus, Spring 2005

 

 Professor Info

 Locations

 Required Textbook

 Required Material

 Course Objectives

 Grading Policy

 Final Grades

 Course Policy

 Course Outlines

 Last Day to Drop

Exam Schedule

Academic Honesty

Fire Drill

 

 

 

Professor:          J.F. Yao, Ph.D.
Office:              A&Sc 1-18
Telephone:       (478) 445-1626
Email:               jf.yao@gcsu.edu
URL:               http://abacus.gcsu.edu/

Lab/Classroom: A&Sc 2-54
Office Hours:    8:25-9:25 A.M., Mon, Wed

                        10:50-12:20 A.M., Tu, Th

or by appointment (back to top)


 

REQUIRED TEXT: Office XP, Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Enhanced Edition, by Shelly Cashman Vermaat.  (back to top)

REQUIRED MATERIAL: Two 3 1/2" high-density (1.44 M) diskettes, or an USB memory stick, or a zip disk.  (back to top)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To teach students basic concepts in the areas of software applications, equipment, information representation.

2. To teach students, in lab, Word Processing, PowerPoint Presentation, Spreadsheets, Database Systems, Internet, and Web page design.  (back to top)

 

GRADING POLICY:
                                   Percentage
Lab Activities                  10%
Word quiz                       12%

Execl quiz                        12%

Web Page Design            12%

Powerpoint Quiz              12%

Access Quiz                    12%
Presentation                     15%

Final Exam                      15%     (8 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Th, May 5 for Tu, Th class)

(8 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Fri, May 6 for Mon, Wed class)
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        Total                             100%  (back to top)

FINAL GRADES:
      Grade              Percentage
        A                90% and up
        B                80% - 89.999%
        C                70% - 79.999%
        D                60% - 69.999%
        F                59.999% or less  (back to top)

COURSE POLICY:

1.      Class/lab participation is essential in learning computer technology.  It is your responsibility to attend the class/lab in order to achieve good learning, therefore obtain a good grade.

2.      You must NOT miss an exam/quiz and the presentation unless you have a verifiable excuse.  An unexcused absence from a presentation/exam will result in a numerical grade of zero for it.

  1. Prior to mid-semester, you will receive feedback on your academic performance in this course.  Your overall grades are updated on the regular basis on WebCT throughout the semester.  (back to top)

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

The integrity of students is a critical component of the academic process.  All written work submitted in this course must be individual work unless the instructor assigns a team of students to work on an assignment. Students must properly document all outside sources used for projects, programs, and homework. The submission of another’s work as one’s own is plagiarism, and will be dealt with using the procedures outlined on the Undergraduate Catalog. You may view the honor code online. (Back to top)

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE:

Week One       Introduction to Computer Science, Windows 2000/XP, File Manager,
                        and Introduction to WWW

Week Two       Computer Hardware, MS-Word

Week Three      Computer Software, MS-Word

Week Four        MS-Powerpoint

Week Five         MS-Powerpoint

Week Six          Spreadsheets

Week Seven       Spreadsheets

Week Eight        Spreadsheets

Week Nine Spring break (March 14-18)

Week Ten           Internet and World Wide Web

Week Eleven      Web Page Design

Week Twelve    Web Page Design

Week thirteen    Database System

Week Fourteen    Database System, Presentation
 

Week Fifteen        Presentation

Week Sixteen        Presentation  (back to top)

Martin Luther King Day: Jan. 17, 2005

March 4, 2005 is the last day to drop without academic penalty.  (Back to top)

Fire Drill Procedure

In the event of a fire alarm signal students will exit the building in a quick and orderly manner through the nearest hallway exit.  Learn the floor plan and exits of this building. Do not use elevators.  Crawl on the floor if you encounter heavy smoke. Assist disabled persons and others if possible without endangering your own life. Assemble for a head count on front lawn of main campus. (Back to top)