CMP 002 - Computer Literacy

Syllabus Spring 1996

Instructor: Steve Mazzoni

Email: smazzoni@cse.ucsc.edu

Office: Applied Sciences 237

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 - 5:30PM

Required Text: Computer Currents by G. Beekman

Recommended Book: The Whole Internet by E. Krol

Lab Manual: CMP-002: Computer Literacy Lab Manual from the Copy Center ($8.80)

Course Notes: CMP-002: Computer Literacy Course Notes from the Copy Center

Web Page: http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/classes/cmp002

Evaluation:

An overall 65 percent of the total evaluation points will be considered minimal passing with a required minimum of 50% of EACH of the four aspects of the class being necessary but not sufficient to pass the class. In addition, more that four unexcused absences from labs will result in a NOT PASSING grade. Excused absences must be arranged in advance.

The labs are designed to be a noncompetitive working environment (relax - do not stress). For these labs, you are encouraged to work together and ask questions of one another. To maintain this atmosphere, your lab grade is based 40 percent on attendance, 40 percent on preparation and 20 percent on what you actually accomplish. The 40 percent on attendance should be obvious. The 40 percent on preparation is based on the ‘Lab Preparation’ sheets that you will find in the lab manual and that you turn in AT THE START of lab to receive credit. You should think of these lab preparations as homework assignments due at the start of lab. They should be fairly easy to complete if you read the material in the text and read through the lab directions in the lab manual. The 20 percent for what you complete is based on the material you turn in at the end of each lab (as instructed in the lab manual). Thus you can get 80 percent by just coming to lab prepared. You also lose approximately 5.5 percent of the lab portion of the grade for each missed lab.

Approximate schedule for Spring 1996. All information subject to change.

Date
2 April
4
9
11
16
18
23
25
30
2 May
9
14
16
21
23
28
30
4 June
6
10

 Lecture Topic
Introduction
Overview/Electronic Mail
History/Bulletin Boards
Word Processing
Hardware Basics
Software Basics
Spreadsheet
Visualization/Simulation
Databases/Melvyl
Graphics/Multimedia
Midterm Exam
The Internet
The Internet Part II
Hypertext
Security and Risks
Programming
EXCHANGE DAY
Pascal
Pascal
The Future
FINAL EXAM 12-3PM
 Reading

Chapter 1

Chapter 4
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
pg 84-94
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 8

Chapter 7

pg167-170
Chapter 13
pg 182-197



Chapter 14

 Lab

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18


 Lab Topic

Welcome to the Macintosh!
Email using Eudora
Usenet News with NewsWatcher
Search and Edit
Resume
Advanced MS Word
Earnings (Excel)
Excel Part II
Using Melvyl
Other Labs on Campus
SuperPaint
Exploring Internet
Term Paper Preparation
HyperCard
HyperCard (continued)
Term Paper Rough Draft
Sailing Into Pascal
MouseSketch

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