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TR 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
TR 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (IO 115)
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ITSC-2335-002 Application Software Problem Solving
Prerequisites: BCIS 1305
Utilization of appropriate application software to solve advanced problems and generate customized solutions.
Student ResourcesStudent Resources Website
Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)
Hybrid
MyLab IT Access Card - available at the AC bookstore
The physical textbook is not required, but it is highly recommended.
ISBN: 0135394724
Students will utilize word processing and spreadsheet software, with a focus on understanding the impact of computer use and technology on our society and culture.
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Use Excel to manage business data, and analyze empirical data from various sources using complex functions and other tools
- Use Excel to prepare visual representations of data through charts and graphs.
- Use Excel to create financial models. Students will learn to create amortization models. In addition, students will learn to use tools and features that help with bonds and investment analysis and depreciation of assets in a business.
- Use Excel to create Statistical models wherein students will learn to use tools to predict business outcomes, relationships between data, and predict future values.
- Use Excel to manage data to facilitate data driven decision making.
- Students will learn to use some powerful features in Excel such as PowerPivot, PowerView, etc. These features help you connect to external data within Excel and perform analysis.
- Students will learn to use the Mail Merge feature in Word using Excel as the data source.
The main focus of this course is to understand and use various business software applications including word processing, spreadsheets.
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Students are expected to maintain a high standard of individual honor in their scholastic work. Students who are guilty of cheating, plagiarism, copying, dishonesty, or an integrity violation in MyITLab may be removed from class with a grade of F; or, in flagrant cases, may be suspended from Amarillo College,
The faculty of the CIS Department reserve the right to ask a student to verify any portion of a test, exam, or project by reproducing any specific section or all sections of any assignment in question. Any action that compromises the computer systems at Amarillo College, including but not limited to hacking or cracking, can result in a grade of F in this course and possible further disciplinary action.
Integrity violations (using all or part of another student’s file) in MyLab IT will result in both parties receiving a 0 on the assignment and no make-up assignment is permitted.
COURSE GRADE
>89.5% = A
>79.5% = B
>69.5% = C
>59.5% = D
<59.5% = F
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS
Training Projects (25%)
Training Projects are required and will be graded. Training will always remain open. You have 3 attempts to complete each project successfully.
Chapter Quizzes (15%)
You will have one quiz that will be questions out of the textbook. It will have questions that will test your understanding of the concepts being covered that week and the added features that will help enhance your ability to use them as needed in your work environment.
Chapter Projects (30%)
Each chapter project will use downloaded files from MyLab IT that you alter based upon a set of instructions. The altered files will then be uploaded to MyLab IT for grading. Projects are an effective tool for demonstrating an understanding of chapter concepts. Students are permitted 2 attempts on each of these projects. Students are highly encouraged to locate and correct any errors on the first attempt in order to support the learning and integration of the chapter concepts. The higher grade of the two attempts will be recorded in the Blackboard grade book. This is a simple way to add points to your grade.
Midterm Exam (15%)
The Midterm Exam will be a grader project that will cover most of what you learned in the first half of the course. (See the MOS Certification Exam substitution option below.)
Final Exam (15%)
The Final Exam will be a grader project that will cover the entire course. (See the MOS Certification Exam substitution option below.)
MOS Certification Exam (optional)
A MOS Excel exam may substitute for the final exam.
Completion of MOS Certification Exams will satisfy the Final Exam requirements (see below):
All Week 1 assignments must be completed by Monday, 09/02 @ 11:00 PM, in order to be considered Present in the course. Failure to complete all assignments by this date may lead to an administrative drop from the course.
DAILY – Check your AC email (xxxxx@amarillocollege.com) and any course announcements in AC Connect/Blackboard for communications and additional instructions.
For successful completion of the course, students should anticipate spending 12 – 15 hours per week developing skills and completing assignments.
The schedule below represents a planned outline for the course. Actual assignments and dates are subject to change. Please check your email daily for course updates from your instructor.
WEEK 1 (August 26 - September 01)
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WEEK 3 (September 09 - September 15)
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WEEK 4 (September 16 - September 22)
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WEEK 5 (September 23 - September 29)
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WEEK 6 (September 30 - October 06)
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
August 26: Fall 1 Semester Begins
September 02: Labor Day Holiday (Campus Closed)
September 03: Census Date
October 08: Last Day to Withdraw (8-week classes)
October 18: Fall 1 Semester Ends
October 21 - October 27 Fall Break
October 28: Fall 2 Semester Begins
08/25/19 10:52 PM
08/25/19 11:20 PM