COURSE CALENDAR
BUSN 130 SECTION ONE
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS & BUSINESS SYSTEM CONCEPTS
SPRING 2009
Monday, January 26is the final day to drop with refund for
16-Week Session
Thursday, April 19 is final day to withdraw for 16-Week Session
March 9 -14 No Classes (Spring Break)
Wednesday May 6: Classes End
ASSIGNMENTS DUE DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER
Attendance
If you miss classes, come late or leave early, no more than three times during the
semester you will earn 20 bonus points at the end of the semester. There are no
excused absences in this course, so save your absences for emergencies.
In Class Exercises
In class Exercises will have 10 Points. These exercises may be assigned as a group
or individual assignment. A due date may be given for some class exercises;
otherwise you must finish the exercises during class time.
There will be NO make up for Exams, in class exercises or quizzes.
LATE WORK
You will not be able to complete all of the assigned work during the 3 hours of weekly class
time; it is strongly suggested that you allow 4-6 hours outside of class for assignment
completion. Late assignments will be reduced in point value by 50%, regardless of the
reason advanced for such tardiness.
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WEEK
Tuesday Jan. 13
Thursday Jan. 15
Tuesday Jan. 20
Thursday Jan. 22
Tuesday Jan. 27
TOPIC
Week1
Course Orientation
Syllabus Review
Introduction to Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2007 and WebCT
(A guided tour of Microsoft Office 2007 DEMO)
Lab
WebCT , WebCT mail , Internet and Windows XP
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials – Appendix A: Computer Hardware and
Software
Lab
Introduction to MS Word 2007
Shelly Cashman Series Word Chapter 1 - Creating and Editing a Word
Document
Week2
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Appendix B—Network Basics
Lab
Work on Word 2007 Exercises
Lab
Word 2007 Chapter 1 Exercises is due
Shelly Cashman Series Word Chapter 2 –Creating a Research Paper
Week3
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Quiz1 on Appendix A& B
Information Systems Essentials Chapter one -The Information Age in
Which You Live
Lab
Work on Word 2007 Chapter 2 Exercises
Thursday Jan.29
Lab
Word 2007 Chapter 2 Exercises is due
Word 2007 in Class Exercise
Tuesday Feb.3
Week4
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Chapter 2-Major Business Initiatives
Lab
Shelly Cashman Series Excel Chapter 1 – Creating a Worksheet and an
Embedded Chart
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Thursday Feb.5
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Quiz 2 on Chapters 1 & 2
Information Systems Essentials Chapter 3 – Databases and Data
Warehouses
Tuesday Feb.10
Thursday Feb.12
Tuesday Feb.17
Week5
Exam one from chapters 1,2,3 and Appendix A&B
Lab
Microsoft Excel 2007 formulas and functions
Excel 2007 Chapter 1 Exercises is due
Week6
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Chapter Four – Decision Support and
Artificial Intelligence
Lab
Shelly Cashman Series Excel Chapter 2 – Formulas, Functions,
Formatting, and Web Queries
Thursday Feb.19
Tuesday Feb.24
Thursday Feb.26
Excel 2007 Chapter 2 Exercises is due
Week7
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Chapter Five – Electronic Commerce
Lab
Shelly Cashman Series Access 2007 Chapter one-Creating and Using a
Database
Lab
Shelly Cashman Series Access 2007 Chapter Two-Querying a Database
Work on Microsoft Access 2007
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Tuesday Mar. 3
Thursday Mar. 5
Week 8
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Quiz2 from Chapters Four & 5
Information Systems Essentials Chapter Six – System Development
Lab
Work on Microsoft Access 2007
Exam 2 from Information Systems Essentials book Chapters 4,5 & 6
Microsoft Access 2007 Chapters 1 &2 are due.
Week 9
March 9-14
SPRING BREAK
Week 10
Tuesday Mar. 17
Lecture
Shelly Cashman Series PowerPoint 2007 Chapter One-Creating and
Editing a Presentation
Shelly Cashman Series PowerPoint 2007 Chapter Two- Creating a
Presentation With Illustrations and Shapes
Thursday Mar.19
Lab
Group Project
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Chapters 1 & 2 are due.
Tuesday Mar. 24
Thursday Mar. 26
Week11
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Chapter Seven- Enterprise Infrastructure
and Integration
Lab
Work on Group Project
Lab
Meet with your Group and work on Group Project
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Week12
Tuesday Mar. 31
Thursday Apr. 2
Tuesday Apr. 7
Thursday Apr. 9
Tuesday Apr. 14
Thursday Apr. 16
Tuesday Apr. 21
Thursday Apr. 23
Tuesday Apr. 28
Lab
Meet with your Group and work on Group Project
Lab
Information Systems Essentials Quiz6 on Chapter Five
Work on Group Project
Week13
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Chapter Eight – Protecting People and
Information
Lab
Meet with your Group and work on Group Project
Lab
Meet with your Group and work on Group Project
Week14
Lecture
Information Systems Essentials Quiz3 on Chapter 7 & 8
Lab
Work On Group project presentation
Lab
Work On Group project presentation
Week15
Information Systems Essentials Chapter Nine – Emerging Trends and
Technology
Lab
Information Systems Essentials Quiz9 on Chapter Nine
Review For Final Exam
Meet with your Group and work on Group Project presentation.
Week16
Group project presentation
5
Thursday Apr. 30
Group project presentation
Week17
Tuesday May 5
Study for comprehensive final exam
Comprehensive Final Exam is on Thursday Dec. 11 at 2:00-3:50 pm.
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