CIS 70L – Page 1
Date Approved:
2/8/94
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated
9/23/05
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: CIS 70L
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE BUSINESS COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION LAB
LECTURE HOURS:
LAB HOURS: 6.0
UNITS: 2.0
PREREQUISITE: NONE: CIS 50, 53 recommended
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: CIS 70
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
NONE
Max No. Units
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size 25
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
An activity course which enables students to evaluate, install, implement, and maintain microcomputer
hardware and software.
NOTE: Concurrent enrollment in CIS 70 required.
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of critical thinking. (Sample format: “Upon successful completion of this course, the
student will be able to…”)
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. install and configure microcomputer hardware and software;
2. design and develop solutions to business problems using word processing, spreadsheet, database,
and graphics software packages;
3. design and develop functional microcomputer hard disk environment for PC-DOS based systems;
4. use presentation graphics software to develop visual and electronic supplements for oral and written
reports.
CIS 70L – Page 2
Date Approved:
2/8/94
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated
9/23/05
COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Lecture*
Lab*
Software Installation
15
Application Development
Spreadsheets
Word Processing
Database
60
Utility Tools
5
Hard Drive Organization
System Integration
* Each column should total approximately 100%.
5
5
15
100
CIS 70L – Page 3
Date Approved:
2/8/94
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated
9/23/05
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title Systems Analysis and Implementation for the Small Enterprise
Required
ISBN No ___________________ Edition _________ (should be the latest, unless otherwise stated.)
Author
David F. Harris
Publisher Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Date Published 1995
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale—Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
It no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course, a Request for Exception form
must be completed and a rationale provided. This request for exception will be approved or denied by the
Curriculum Committee.
METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why
substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
other (specify) _reference notebook
laboratory report(s)
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
CIS 70L – Page 4
Date Approved:
2/8/94
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated
9/23/05
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) ____________________________
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
Students will be confronted with scenarios describing the information processing problems of a small
business. They will be required to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
analyze the problem;
design and develop computer based solutions;
install, implement and maintain these solutions;
present and defend the solutions to the class.