CIS 83 – Page 1
Date Approved:
2/13/96
Date Scanned:
5/31/2005
Date Inactivated
3/14/08
College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER: CIS 83
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE GUIDE TO THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY
I. CATALOG AND OUTLINE
I.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
An introductory course that explores the information highway and its underlying telecommunication
technologies. Students will be given assignment involving hands-on access to networks and the
Internet.
2. COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Information Highway Overview
Homebased Travel
LANS/WANS
Business Technologies
Internet
10%
15%
15%
15%
45%
II. PREREQUISITES
Prerequisite?
No
Corequisite?
No
Recommended Preparation?
No
Eligibility for:
Engl 150
Yes_____________________
(course)
Yes_____________________
(course)
Yes_____________________
(course)
Math 105/106
Rationale for Prerequisite, Corequisite, Recommended Preparation______________________________
Ill.
OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTS
1. 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.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Travel on the information highway,
2. Access a LAN and a WAN,
3. Research information using internet,
4. Analyze simple problems on a LAN.
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Date Approved:
2/13/96
Date Scanned:
5/31/2005
Date Inactivated
3/14/08
2. COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-credit 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 required to use the information highway to research topics, including non-technical
issues. In addition, students will use problem solving techniques to analyze how to retrieve information
from local and global sources for projects of interest to them. Students will use problem solving
techniques to analyze simple problems on a LAN.
3.
ASSESSMENT
Degree applicable courses 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.
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)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
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.
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Date Approved:
2/13/96
Date Scanned:
5/31/2005
Date Inactivated
3/14/08
IV.
TEXTS AND MATERIALS
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
(Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title:
Internet Essentials
Required
Edition:
Second Edition
Alternate
Author:
David Clark
Recommended
Publisher:
Oue College
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
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) ____________________________
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Date Approved:
2/13/96
Date Scanned:
5/31/2005
Date Inactivated
3/14/08
V. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Contact Hours Per Week: (Indicate
5. Recommended Maximum Class Size 30
"TOTAL" hours if less than semester length)
Lecture:
Weekly
TOTAL
Lab:
Weekly 27
TOTAL
No. of Weeks 5.5
(S = semester length)
(Use Request for Exception sheet to justify
6. Transferability
CSU
UC
List two UC/CSU campuses with similar courses
(include course #s)
HSU, CIS 176 USF, MM3052
more-than-minimum required hours.)
Articulation with UC requested
Units 0.5
or
Variable Unit Range
7. Grading Standard
Letter Grade Only
2. TLUs 1.5
CR/NC Only
Grade-CR/NC Option
Grade-CR/NC Option Criteria:
3. Does course fulfill a General Education
requirement? (For existing courses only;
for new courses, use GE Application Form)
Yes
No
Introductory
1st course in sequence
Exploratory
8. Is course repeatable
Yes
No
If so, repeatable to a maximum of:
If yes, in what G.E. area?
Total Enrollments
AA/AS Area
Total Units
CSU/GE Area
(Use Request for Exception sheet to justify repeatability.)
IGETC Area
9. SAM Classification C
4. Method of Instruction:
Lecture
Lab
Lecture/Lab
Independent Study
Course Classification I
Date Approved:
Date Scanned:
2/13/96
5/5/2005