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Strain 201
CS130 Introduction to Software Tools
Many disciplines are finding the need to gather, manipulate, analyze, and graph data. This course will introduce students to software tools that aid in this process. Software that is widely used at Pacific includes: a Statistics Software Package, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Class includes lab projects. Prerequisite: MATH 125 with a minimum grade of C. 2 credits.

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Date
Topics
Homework & Assignments
Notes

Mar16



Mar18



Mar20




Mar23
Spring Break


Mar25
Spring Break


Mar27
Spring Break


Week 1
Mar30




Apr1
Lect01 - Intro to Excel: Workbook,Worksheet, cell,formula,arithmetic operators,operator precedence & associativity,named cells,errors, functions,range of cells,tabular data,filling & formatting cells

Syllabus
Moodle

Study each pdf / .mov one at a time on Box in CS130Spring20
Apr3



Week 2
Apr6
Lect02 - Formulas, Functions, Tables, Importing Data, Charts Assign #1
Apr8
Lect03 - Adv Functions, Goal Seek

Apr10



Week 3
Apr13
Lect05
Assign #2
Apr15
Lect06


Apr17



Week 4
Apr20
Lect07 - Midterm


Apr22
Senior Projects Day Canceled


Apr24
Lect08


Week 5
Apr27
Lect9


Apr29
Lect10
Assign #3
May1



Week 6
May4
Lect11


May 6



May8



Week 7
May11
8:30-11am Final