CS130 - Introduction to Software Tools

CS230 - Introduction to Advanced Software Tools

Class Times: TTh 6:00 PM- 7.30 PM

Location: Marsh LL12

In many disciplines and careers, the ability to gather, manipulate, analyze, graph, and present data is one of the most important assets a person can possess. This introductory course will provide you with experience using various software tools that have proved indispensable towards this end: Excel, StatView, Word, and PowerPoint. The students in CS 230 cover the same material as the students in CS 130 during the first ten class meetings. They will then move on to learn about databases using Access and Visual Basic for Applications during the next five class meetings. All meetings will include in-class lab projects.

Prerequisite and Corequisite:

• Math125: Precalculus (prerequisite for both CS130 and CS230).
• Math226: Calculus 1 (corequisite for CS230 only).

Textbooks:

• No textbook is required for this course. All material will be provided by the instructor.

Tentative Grading (CS130):

• 6 assignments: 40%.
• 1 midterm: 30%.
• 1 final: 30%.

Tentative Grading (CS230):

• 7 assignments: 40%.
• 2 midterms: 40%.
• 1 final project: 20%.

Percent Breakdown:

92-100	A		90-92	A-
88-90	B+		82-88	B		80-82	B-
78-80	C+		72-78	C		70-72	C-
68-70	D+		60-68	D
0-60	F

Dates of Exams:

• Midterm 1: Thursday, March 14, 2004.
• Final (Midterm 2 for CS230): Thursday, April 15, 2004.
• Final Project for CS230: Tuesday, May 18, 2004.

Course Notes and Assignments:

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Policies:

• Assignments are to be submitted in the course drop box by 6.00 PM on the day in which the assignment is due.
• Programs can be turned in 24 hours late with a penalty of 20%. Anything later will not be accepted.
• Attendance at every class is critical to your success in this class. I expect you to be on time and ready to go once it's 6:00 PM. Any missed lecture is your responsibility to make up. Do not expect me to repeat missed material in class.
• The instructor reserves the right to raise or lower a student's grade based on class participation and attendance.
• No early or late exams/finals will be given under any circumstances.
• The cheating policy is defined in Pacific Stuff & the Pacific Catalog as well as the Academic Policy that each of you signed upon entering Pacific University. Be sure you read or reread this policy carefully.
• Neither computer failure, software failure, nor lack of computer access are accepted as excuses for late programs; therefore, start work on the programs as soon as they are assigned, don't put them off until the last minute. Further, corruption of programs due to bad disk media is also not accepted as an excuse for late programs; therefore, always keep a current backup of all programs on a separate disk.
• I do not want to hear any electronic devices go off during lecture; therefore, make sure you silence these devices before lecture starts.

Important Dates:

• February 13: Last day to add and drop courses.
• March 22-26: Spring Break.
• April 9: Last day to withdraw from courses.
• April 15: Final Exam for CS130.
• May 11: Last day of class for CS230.
• May 12: Reading Day.
• May 18: Final Project for CS230.