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COSC 1701-30 Microsoft Excel 2007

This course is an introduction to electronic spreadsheets in the Microsoft Windows environment. The course will assist students in preparation for the Microsoft Office User Specialist Certification Exam. Students will learn the operations and features of Microsoft Excel to solve common problems in a business environment.

• Prerequisite: None
• Advisory: Eligibility for English 1000 and Reading 1005 strongly recommended

Course Details

• Instructor: Dr. John Eigenauer
  • Email: jeigenauer@taftcollege.edu
  • Telephone: 661-763-7722
  • On-campus office: GYM
  • Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and Tuesday 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • Contact hours: Thursdays 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Units: 1.5
• Class Meets: October 19 - December 12, 2009
• Textbooks & Estimated Costs:
  • Rental Text: None
  • Purchase Text: Microsoft Excel 2007: Complete Concepts and Techniques by Shelly, Cashman, and Quasney. Available from the TC Bookstore or other online bookstores.  You will need to purchase the text. ISBN: 1-4188-4343-1
  • Additional Materials:  USB flash drive. If you work on your own PC, I suggest saving your worksheets to your computer’s hard drive. A flash drive is necessary ONLY if you will be using computers in the Taft College or outside computer labs, Learning Resource Center, or another PC that prohibits you from saving to the hard drive.
• Software Requirements: Your worksheets must be creating using Microsoft Excel 2007. Previous versions of Excel will not work for this course.
• Estimated Time per Week: Students can expect to spend 9 hours per week reading and preparing the exercises as directed in the course syllabus.
• Special Requirements: This course is not delivered through the Etudes program. Directions for the course are included in the course syllabus. Students can submit their work via email, U. S. postal mail, through the TCI instructional aides at TCI, or in person at the LRC.
• Assignments & Tests: Students will complete 6 chapter projects and a final project.
• Proctored Exams: None
• Additional Comments: Because this is a distance learning course, attendance is not an issue. Turning assignments in on time is. If you do not meet the second assignment deadline, I will assume you do not wish to stay in the class and will drop you unless you contact me. (The course syllabus has information on due dates for all projects.) After that, it is your responsibility to drop the course should you need to do so. Drops cannot be backdated. Contact the counseling center, the distance learning help desk, or the TCI instructional aides at TCI to drop the course.
• Course Syllabus (PDF file, opens in a new window)

Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.