CSCI 1300





Fall Semester, 2008 - 131.194.71.230

CSCI 1300: Course Outline

  1. Introduction to Computing, Hardware Terminology, Operating Systems, Electronic Mail, TU Computing Center Policy (Skills 1, 6, 7), Windows XP, Microsoft Outlook Web Access (2 wks)
  2. Research on Web, Browsers, Internet Search Engines (Skill 6) Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (1 wk)
  3. Word Processing and Downloading Web Graphics, Decompressing Files (Skills 2, 6) Microsoft Word 2007 (1 1/2 wk)
  4. Producing Graphics, Digital Camera, Scanner, Processing of Graphics, Creating Slide Presentations (Skill 5), Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (3 wks)
  5. Using Spreadsheets to Solve Quantitative Problems, Spreadsheet Creation and Chart Presentations (Skill 3) Microsoft Excel 2007 (2 wks)
  6. Computer Networks and the World Wide Web, Downloading and Installing Applications, File Transfer Protocol, HTML and Web Page Construction (Skills 2, 5, 6), Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Expression Web (3 wks)
  7. Using Databases to Organize Information; Database Design, Reports, Updates, Queries (Skill 4), Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Access 2007 (1 1/2 wk)