CSE101 SYLLABUS AUTUMN 2008
lec # date day class topic Assigned Reading In-class Practice Problems On your own Chap. Reviews
1 25-Sep Thu lecture Class Overview, Computer Basics, Our System with Vista
Shelly-Cashman (S/C) p.COM1-38, WIN 1-66    
  26-Sep Fri lab1 Intro to Computers & Ours System      
               
2 30-Sep Tue lecture Intro to Excel, Writing Formulas incl. Relative & Absolute Cell Referencing Course Notes Excel Chapter 1.1, 1.2 p.1-30 Meal Pricing p.18
Cell Addressing p.28
C.R. p.19
3 2-Oct Thu lecture Writing formulas - & solving problems    Mult. Table p29 C.R. p.31
  3-Oct Fri lab2 Creating Simple Spreadsheets & Cell Referencing      
               
4 7-Oct Tue lecture Functions Course Notes Excel Chapter 1.3 p.31-53 Gradebook p.49, Rock Concert p.50  
5 9-Oct Thu lecture Solving Problems w/Functions,  Goal Seek, Charts  Course Notes Excel Chapter 1.4, 1.5 p.55-66 Expenditure p.51 C.R. p.52
  10-Oct Fri lab3 Using Formulas & Functions, Intro to Charts      
               
6 14-Oct Tue lecture Boolean logic - relational expressions, and, or, not Course Notes Excel Chapters 1.6 p.67-83 Stock Analysis p.79   
7 16-Oct Thu lecture Boolean Logic - problem solving
Exam 1
  Logic Airline p.81 or another logic problem C.R. p.82
  17-Oct Fri lab4 Charting, Solving Problems with Boolean Logic      
               
8 21-Oct Tue lecture If's and nested ifs,
Using Multiple worksheets & workbook designs
Course Notes Excel Chapters 1.7 & 1.8 p.85-104 Simple If's - p.92, Travel Prices p.93 C.R. p.94
9 23-Oct Thu lecture Lookup Functions Course Notes Chapter 1.9 p.105-113 Pricing Copies p.110, Gradebook p.111, sales ordering p.112 C.R. p.113
  24-Oct Fri lab5 Solving problems with If's & Lookups      
               
10 28-Oct Tue lecture Units Problems & Financial functions Course Notes Excel Chapters 1.10,1.11 p.115-144 Water Problem p.119. Practice w/Financial functions p.140-141 C.R. p.121 &      p. 143
11 30-Oct Thu lecture Spreadsheet design, Additional problem solving Course Notes Excel -Review chapter 1.8    
  31-Oct Fri lab6 Designing your own Worksheet      
               
12 4-Nov Tue lecture Some features of Word & PowerPoint
Exam 2
S/C Word and PowerPoint Chapters     
13 6-Nov Thu   Intro to Access  Course Notes Access Chapter 2.1   Concepts Review p15
  7-Nov Fri lab7 Working with PowerPoint & Word & Access Tables      
               
  11-Nov Tue lecture Veteran's Day - No Class      
14 13-Nov Thu lecture Access Queries Course Notes Access Chapter 2.2    
  14-Nov Fri   No lab      
               
15 18-Nov Tue lecture Solving problems w/simple queries & Inner Joins Course Notes Access Chapter 2.3 Employee database p.39-46 C.R. p 47
16 20-Nov Thu lecture Working with Access Queries, Intro to final project   Music database P.73 - 79 C.R. p 80
  21-Nov Fri lab 8 Access Queries      
               
17 25-Nov Tue lecture Excel Database commands & pivot tables
Exam 3
     
  27-Nov Thu   No classes Thanksgiving      
  28-Nov Fri   No classes Thanksgiving      
               
18 2-Dec Tue   Work on Final Project.. Due wed at noon      
19 4-Dec Thu lecture Review for Final Exam      
  5-Dec Fri   TBD      
               
9:30 lecture class FINAL EXAM Thu Dec 11 9:30-11:18am
12:30 lecture class FINAL EXAM Wed Dec 10 11:30-1:18pm