SOUTHEASTERN
Instructor:
Office address: R 108
Office phone number: 580-745-2492
FAX number: 580-745-7479
E-mail address: jspeers@se.edu
Office hours: See http://carmine.se.edu/jspeers/
Virtual Office Hours Week days untill 5 pm. Use my cell number 580-920-4811
Perquisites: None
Textbook and course materials:
Required Text: Microsoft Office 2010, Volume 1, Grauer, with myitlab code
Required Software/Hardware: None, R115 computers have all the software.
Microsoft Office 2010, must include Access, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
Methods of instruction: Lecture, lab, Blackboard
Course description: This course introduces the use of the computer in a business setting. Office applications, the use of the Internet, and searching online database are introduced and discussed. Applications included word processing, spreadsheet, database and graphics programs. Students will learn to use the applications to analyze and solve basic business problems.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Available through the Southeastern Online Learning website or http://www.se.edu/online-learning/technology/hardware-software-requirements/
NETIQUETTE (INTERNET ETIQUETTE): Available through the Southeastern Online Learning website or http://www.se.edu/online-learning/technology/communication-netiquette/
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES: Available through the Southeastern Online Learning website or http://www.se.edu/online-learning/student-services/
OTHER RESOURCES:
Additional resources and interactive websites for content covered in this class are available under External Links and Course Documents, located on the left-hand side of the Blackboard menu.
Course Objectives: After completing the course the student will be able to:
Access the Internet and use the browse, search, and hyperlink capabilities of Web browsers.
Manage, and print documents using word processing software, including sending attachments with email.
Create, design, and produce professional business documents using basic word processing and spreadsheet software.
Use a problem solving process to solve quantitative problems with spreadsheet software.
Apply fundamental spreadsheet skills to problem solving.
Solve problems with statistical analysis tools in a spreadsheet.
Apply spreadsheet logic operators in decision making.
Retrieve data for computation, analysis, and reference.
Organize data for effective analysis.
Understand and create Tables
Normalize Data
Maintain and Secure a Database
Create Queries
Collect data with Forms
Develop Reports
This course meets the university's general education requirements for computer proficiency.
Course requirements
and assesment:
Exams and Attendance Exam Score 60%
(Perfect attendance counts as one 100-point exam; see below.)
Quizzes and exercises 40%
A = 90--100
B = 80--89
C = 70--79
D = 60--69
F = 59 and below
Expectations for Communications:
Email Address – You are required to use your SOSU student email address.. In addition, you are required to REGULARLY check your SOSU student email account. All email correspondence will be sent to your SOSU student email address. Refer to the Blackboard login page for details about your SOSU student email address. Be sure to include the course title in the subject line(BIM1553) and your name in the body of every email you send to me.
Course Schedule: Assignments are make each Monday and are due the next Monday by midnight. Tests are announced at least one week in advance.
Course Policies: The weekly assignments are scored by myitlab. No makeup examinations are given. Perfect participation counts as one 100-point exam score. Each absence lowers this exam score by 5 points. Students must take all exams including the comprehensive final. The lowest exam score (excluding the final and the attendance exam score) will be dropped at the end of the course.
This syllabus should not be construed as a contract between the student and the Instructor. It may be changed at any time as needed in order to meet the instructional goals and needs of the class, including changes in the grading policy described above. Students will be notified if such adjustments need to be made.
All assignments must be turned in by the due date.
No late work
accepted!
UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL POLICIES:
Privacy: Available through the Southeastern Online Learning website or http://www.se.edu/academics/general-information/students-rights/
Academic Integrity:
There is a Zero-Tolerance Policy concerning Plagiarism and/or duplication of another individual’s work. Besides making you feel horrible, you will receive a zero and the policy will be enforced under the guidelines of the Academic Honesty Policy for the University. Students are expected to work individually and turn in their own work. Any violation of academic honesty will be reported to the Office of Student Affairs. The policies regarding academic misconduct are set forth in the institution’s Student Code of Responsibilities and Conduct which are available through the Southeastern Online Learning website or http://www.se.edu/student-life/documents/student-handbook.pdf#page=6
All students are
expected to comply with
Special Accommodations: Any student needing special accommodations due to a disability should contact the Coordinator of Student Disability Services, Student Union, Suite 204 or call (580) 745-2254 (TDD#745-2704). It is the responsibility of each student to make an official request to the Coordinator for academic accommodations. For additional information, see the Americans with Disability Act on the Southeastern Online Learning website or http://www.se.edu/ada/
Copy the following statement to the subject line of an email and send it to me.
Logic rules.