CPS 1032
Microcomputer Applications
I used to think it was OK to rush through instructions, especially
the long ones.
Then I wondered if the guy who installed my new roof thought the same.-- Anonymous
Instructor |
Schedule |
Course Specification |
Resources Needed |
Final Grades |
Class Procedures |
Instructor: Dr. Danielle Bernstein
N 207 908-527-3221
Email:
dbernste@turbo.kean.edu
Web site http://www.kean.edu/~dbernste
Office Hours
Monday 12:30 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Tuesday 3:30 P.M. to 5 P.M.
(and by appointment)
Course Web site:
http://www.kean.edu/~dbernste/cps1032/
Semester Hours: Three(3)
Prerequisites:
CPS 1031
Books:
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows.
Hutchinson and Coulthard.(1997)
Microsoft Powerpoint 98 for Windows.
Hutchinson and Coulthard.(1997)
Microsoft Access 97 for Windows.
Hutchinson and Coulthard.(1997)
You must bring the right book to each class meeting. You are expected to keep up with the reading as topics are introduced.
Disks: Get two (2) new HD (high density) disks for this class. One will be your backup.
Bring both disks to each class. Back up your disk after each lab session.
Email Address: You must have your own email address.
You can use the Kean Cougar system or your own private email system.
The final grade will be based on homework, tests and class participation.
Homework:45% - 9 assignments.
Only eight of the nine assignments need to be done.
If you do all nine assignment, the last one will count as extra credit.
Please hand in your assignments on time.
Late work will not be accepted for any reason. There will be no other extra credit assignments.
Tests: 45%
Test 1 (15%) on spreadsheets,
Test 2 (15%) Powerpoint presentation,
Test 3 (15%) on database management systems,
See the tentative weekly outline for the schedule of tests.
Professionalism: 10%
Are you here? Have you done the readings? Are you taking part in the discussion and asking meaningful questions?
Are you cooperating with your partner on assignments?
Attendance: Regular attendance and active class participation
are expected. Attendance will be taken.
If you have missed class for any reason, it is your responsibility to get the hand-outs and to make up
the work on an agreed schedule.
Make sure that you know at least two people in this class well.
Hand-outs:
Most of the hand-outs, lab exercises and homework assignments will
be available on the web. It is your responsibility to print these
hand-outs before class.
You should keep everything in a folder that you bring to class
so that you refer back to them.
If hand-outs are distributed in class, they will only be distributed
once. If you are not in class, you must get them from someone else
in class.
Homeworks:
Homework must be handed in at the beginning of the class period on the due date.
The assignments must be stapled and the sheets must be split and face the correct way.
Your name, course number and section number must be
on the first page. Please, no paper clips!
Homework must be handed in on time. If you know that you cannot be in class when the homework is due, you can hand it in before or have another student bring it in.
You can also mail it (yes, postal mail - postmarked no later than the day it is due) to me at:
Dr. D. Bernstein
Computer Science Dept.
Kean University
1000 Morris Ave.
Union, NJ 07083
You will always be given a week or longer (plenty of time) to complete a project.
Lab closures, broken printers or personal schedules will not be accepted as excuses for failure to submit work.
Plan to start working on your homework as soon as it is assigned.
I will be happy to provide help on an assignment up to a reasonable
time before the due date, not after.
NOTE: You cannot pull "allnighters" with computing.
It just doesn't work; and neither will your assignment.
Tests:
Tests cannot be made up. If you miss one test, its value will be added to the second test.
If you miss two tests, you will get a zero for both tests.
The term schedule is given at the beginning of the term so that you can make sure to be here.
Honesty Policy
The work you hand in is to be your work. You may get help, guidance or tips from others. But you should be able to understand and answer questions about your work.
If you either copy or allow others to copy your work,
you will get an automatic zero for the assignment.
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