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Computer Fundamentals for Technicians=

Fall 2009

 

Course Number

 

BCA188

Credit Hours

3

Section Number

 

67444

Instructor

Darrell Hanan=

E-mail

 

dhanan@eicc.edu

Phone

441-4228

Office Hours

 

3:00pm-4:00pm

Office

3112C

Class Days

 

TTh

Class Times

8:10am-10:40am

Room

1107

Website

http://f= aculty.eicc.edu/dhanan/

 

 

Click here to go to l= esson schedule.

Text

Microsoft Office 2007; Illustrated Series, Windo= ws XP Edition, Introductory. – Beskeen,Cram,Duffy,Friedrichsen,Reding

 

Supplies

USB Flash d= rive, lined paper, writing utensil

 

Course Description

This course will cover microcomputer operating systems, hardware and application software. Spreadsheets, database management, word processing and 2-D graphics packages will be specific areas of coverage. Lab exercises will follow lecture and class discussion.

 

 

Prerequisites

None

 

Attendance/Participation

Students are expected to attend all class sessions. St= udents are expected to stay in class until dismissed by the instructor. Students w= ho have completed and turned in all of the assignments for the week may ask for permission to leave early. Students are not expected to be surfing the web = or doing other activities on the computers that are not directly related to co= urse assignments during class time. Such activities will result in the student b= eing removed from the PC lab!

 

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Evaluation

Final gra= de will be based on six areas:

 

Final Project (25%= ):

Your Final Project wi= ll be a PowerPoint presentation about a personal hobby, object or activity. The presentation must be at least SEVEN slides long. The project must include t= ext, photos, and animated text or objects and slide transitions. Extra credit wi= ll be earned if a chart is included and/or it is converted to a web format.  Final Project is due Thursday, December 17th at 10:00am and will not be accepted late!

 

Project Assignment= s (30%): Each student will be required to complete the Projects assigned for Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint units, as well as,= an Integrated Project. The projects are laid out step-by-step in the textbook. Students are expected to complete the projects as individuals, not in group= s.

Students are encourag= ed to assist and learn from each other.

 

Employee Character= istics (10%): Students will receive a = weekly grade based on their demonstration of basic employee characteristics expect= ed by employers. These include Dependability, Punctuality, Teamwork, Communication, and Participation. The instructor will rate each characteris= tic weekly on a scale of 0 to 4:           <= /span>

 0 - Unacceptable

   &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;       2 - Consistently meets minimum requirements

   &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;       3 - Occasionally exceeds minimum requirements 

 4 - Consistently exceeds minimum requirements

 

Prerequisite Assig= nments (10%): Prerequisite assignments= are prerequisites to quizzes. Prerequisite assignments are located in the textbook support website found the Learn It Online sections. The course schedule (below) has= the web link and assignment details. Each unit’s prerequisite assignments must be completed before the unit quiz is taken. <= /p>

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Quizzes (15%): Quizzes will be printed from the textbook suppo= rt website found in the Learn It Online sections. The course schedule (below) = has the web link and quiz details. The quizzes will be completed as the student progresses through the unit assignments. Quizzes cannot be completed before= the prerequisite assignments are completed and turned in. Quizzes must be compl= eted within one class period of the completion of the prerequisite assignments. Quizzes will not be accepted late.

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Final Test (10%): A comprehensive written Final= Exam will be given. All students are expected to take it.

 

 

Final Grading Scale:           A …90 - 100%

B….80 - 89%

C… 70 - 79%

D….60 - 69%

F….59% or below          

Make-up policy
See Above

 

Late Assignment Policy

See Abov= e

 

Assessment

See Abov= e

 

Cell phone policy

See Belo= w

 

The following are non-negotiable expec= tations of

classroom and lab conduct.