Instructor: Dr. Jack D. Becker Phone: (940) 565-3110
Email: becker@unt.edu
Office: Business Admin 338E Office Hours: By Appointment; 10-10:30 am M-W
Help Lab: BA 334 Lab Hours: posted by lab door.
 

Required Textbooks (May be Purchased in Bundle):

Parsons and Oja, Computer Concepts 3^rd Edition, Course Technology.
Zimmerman and Zimmerman, Word 97 - Introductory, Course Technology.
Zimmerman and Zimmerman, Power Point 97 - Brief, Course Technology.
Carey, Carey & Poindexter, Netscape Communicator - Introductory, Course Technology.
Parsons, Oja and Carey, Excel 97 - Introductory, Course Technology.
A Box of 10 3.5" (1.44 Mb high density) diskettes will be needed for your ASSIGNMENTS.
 

Course Grading:

MID TERM (100 M/C @ 2 EACH) (200) 200
FINAL (70 M/C @ 3 EACH) (210) 210
1 Word, 1 Pwr Pnt, 1 Netscape, 3 Excel assignments (15 each) 90
TOTAL POINTS 500
 

Exams
A mid-term exam and a final exam will be given. Exams will be multiple choice and are closed-book. There are no make up exams!

Attendance
You are expected to arrive on time and be in class every class meeting. The student guidebook states that university authorized absences must be approved in advance. Therefore, students whose absences are authorized must turn in their assignments before their absence rather than after.

It is the student's responsibility to execute the proper drop procedures for a grade of "W" should they need to stop attending class. Failure to execute the drop procedure will result in an automatic grade of "F" which cannot be changed.

Behavior
The instructor reserves the right to have you removed from class for ANY BEHAVIOR THAT IS DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE. That includes such behavior as talking when I am lecturing, disturbing other students in any manner, etc.

Please, DO NOT get up and leave class prior to being dismissed by the instructor!

Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. You will be assigned a semester grade of "F" and referred to the dean of students if determined that you have cheated in this course.
 

Disabilities
The College of Business Administration complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act in making reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disability. If you have an established disability as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act and would like to request accommodation, please see your instructor as soon as possible. Your instructor's office hours and office number is on the front of the syllabus.
 

Assignments
All six assignments must be completed. You are responsible for knowing all of the applicable WORD, POWER POINT, NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR, and EXCEL material for the midterms and for the final examinations.

ALL assignments MUST be turned in at the START of class to receive full credit. PARTIAL Credit may be given for late work subject to the the following penalties: 50% penalty - first 24 hours; 75% penalty - next 24 hours; 1 point MAXIMUM CREDIT after 48 hours.

All assignments MUST to be submitted in printed finished form. Assignments are not to be submitted via E-mail, as it is the student's responsibility, not the instructor's, to print and bind (STAPLE) with a cover sheet all homework assignments.

You are required to complete the tutorial assignment at the end of each chapter. You are required to turn in all of the printed pages that are required by the tutorial assignment. All work is due at the beginning of class.

There will be detailed questions covering the tutorial assignments on both the midterm and the final. You are expected to understand what you did, and how you did it while you were doing the homework assignments.

Datasets for each of the six (6) required project are to be downloaded to 1.44 Mb disks in the lab. You must put each assignment on a different 1.44 Mb disk.

Homework assignments must be STAPLED, use the cover sheets provided, and be in typed form.
 

Week/ LECTURE OVER HOMEWORK

Date Topic Concepts WD,PP,NS,EX ASSIGNMENTS

June 7
1 MON Using Computers: Essentials 1

6/8
TUES Lecture from Chap 3 of Word Text WD 3

6/9
WED Lecture from Chap 3 of Word Text WD 3

6/10
THUR Lecture from Chap 1 of Power Point Text PP 1

6/15
TUES Software and Multimedia 2
Computer files & data storage 4

6/16
WED Lecture from Chap 4 of Netscape Text NS 4

6/17
THUR Lecture from Chap 5 of Netscape Text NS 5 PP ONE due
Computer architecture 5

June 21
3 MON Lecture from Chap 1 of EXCEL Text EX 1 NS ONE due

6/22
TUES Local area networks & e-mail 7
Review for MID-TERM

6/23
WED MID-TERM EXAM over
Concepts chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 (40 M/C QUESTIONS)
Word, Power Point, Netscape (60 M/C QUESTIONS)

6/24
4 THUR Lecture from Chap 2 of EXCEL Text EX 2 

June 28
MON Lecture from Chap 3 of EXCEL Text EX 3 EX ONE due

6/29
TUES Lecture from Chap 4 of EXCEL Text EX 4

6/30
WED Lecture from Chap 4 of EXCEL Text EX 4

7/1
THUR Lecture from Chap 5 of EXCEL Text EX 5

July 5
5 MON Lecture from Chap 5 of EXCEL Text EX 5 EX TWO due
Data security and control 9

7/6
TUES Communications systems infrastructure 11

7/7
WED Computer programming 15 EX THREE due
 

7/8
THUR FINAL EXAM over
Concepts Chapters 7, 9, 11, 15 (40 M/C QUESTIONS)
Excel Chapters 1 thru 6 and
Excel Assignments ONE thru THREE (30 M/C QUESTIONS)
 

SECTION________ DATE___________

LAST NAME_______________ FIRST NAME___________ SSN_____________
 

WORD 97 ASSIGNMENT.
 

If you have never used a word processor, you will need to do chapters 1 and 2 in the text before attempting the assignment.

Word ONE - After doing chapter 3 on your computer, please complete the Tutorial Assignment:
on pages 3.30 - 3.32 steps 1-37.
 

TURN IN PRINTOUTS FROM

PAGE 3.29 STEP 3 _______

PAGE 3.31 STEP 14_______

PAGE 3.31 STEP 24______

PAGE 3.32 STEP 37 ______
 

SECTION________ DATE___________

LAST NAME_______________ FIRST NAME___________ SSN_____________
 

POWER POINT 97 ASSIGNMENT
 

ONE - After doing chapters 1 & 2 on your computer, please complete the Tutorial Assignments
on pages 1.29 & 1.30 steps 1-14 and
on pages 2.23 & 2.24 steps 1-18.
 
 
 

TURN IN PRINTOUTS FROM

PAGE 1.28 STEP 6 _______

PAGE 1.28 STEP 7 _______

PAGE 1.30 STEP 13 _______

PAGE 2.22 STEP 1 _______

PAGE 2.24 STEP 17 _______
 
 
 

SECTION________ DATE___________

LAST NAME_______________ FIRST NAME___________ SSN_____________
 

NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR ASSIGNMENT ONE

(If you have never used the Internet, you will need to do chapters 1 and 2 in the text before attempting the assignment.)
 

After doing chapters 4 & 5 on your computer, please complete the Tutorial Assignments
on pages 4.35 to 4.37 steps 1-14 and
on page 5.32 steps 1-11.
 

TURN IN PRINTOUTS FROM

PAGE 4.37 STEP 13_______

PAGE 5.32 STEP 11 _______
 
 
 

SECTION________ DATE___________

LAST NAME_______________ FIRST NAME___________ SSN_____________
 

EXCEL 97 ASSIGNMENT ONE
 
 

After doing chapters 1 & 2 on your computer, please complete the Tutorial Assignments
on pages 1.32 & 1.33 steps 1-10 , and
on pages 2.38 to 2.40 steps 1-14,
 

TURN IN PRINTOUTS FROM

PAGE 1.30 STEP 5 _______

PAGE 1.33 STEP 6 _______

PAGE 1.33 STEP 10 _______

PAGE 2.35 STEP 2 _______

PAGE 2.39 STEP 6 _______

PAGE 2.39 STEP 14 _______
 

SECTION________ DATE___________

LAST NAME_______________ FIRST NAME___________ SSN_____________

EXCEL 97 ASSIGNMENT TWO

After doing chapter 3 & 4 on your computer, please complete the Tutorial Assignments
on page 3.36 steps 1-9.
on pages 4.34 & 4.35 steps 1-10,

TURN IN PRINTOUTS FROM

PAGE 3.34 STEP 2 ______ (at bottom of page)

PAGE 3.36 STEP 9 _______

PAGE 4.29 STEP 2_______

PAGE 4.34 STEP 10 _______
 

SECTION________ DATE___________

LAST NAME_______________ FIRST NAME___________ SSN_____________

EXCEL 97 ASSIGNMENT THREE

After doing chapter 5 (THRU 5.29) on your computer, please complete the Tutorial Assignment
on pages 5.42 & 5.43 steps 1-11.

TURN IN PRINTOUTS FROM

PAGE 5.29 STEP 8 _______

and PAGES 5.42 & 5.43

STEPS 4 _______

5_______

6_______

7_______

8_______

9_______

11_______
 

I have read the COURSE SYLLABUS and BCIS 2610 Policies and Procedures." (Choose one of the options and sign your name):

I agree to abide by the COURSE SYLLABUS and the above Policies and Procedures _______
OR
                                                                                                                                    (initial)

I will drop this course immediately _________
                                                        (initial)

___________________________________
(your signature) (print your name) (today's date)
 

PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE ABOVE LINE EXACTLY THE WAY THAT YOU WILL SIGN ON EACH EXAM.

Recognizing the privacy in education provision, I hereby request that my grades for this course

NOT be posted _____ OR be posted _____ using the following code:

Specify a 5 character code for identifying your grades: __ __ __ __ __

The first character MUST be alphabetic, next 4 any combination of alphabetic and numeric characters. E.g., B1234, JOKER, etc. For security purposes, pick one that is known only to you, and one that you will NOT forget.

______________________________________
(your signature) (print your name) (today's date)