This information is being shared on behalf of Fresno City
College.
CIT 12 Enrichment Course
The Computer Information Technology Department at Fresno
City College has created a pilot enrichment Online course that is open for High
School Juniors and Seniors to enroll at a minimal cost. The course fulfills the
local FCC requirements for AA and AS degrees, “Familiarity with computer
concepts and computer use…”
Information and application can be found here<http://campaigns.statecenter.com/t/r-l-hrkyktd-dldlutudt-k/>.
Please contact Timothy Woods, Fresno City College, at tim.woods@fresnocitycollege.edu
with questions and to submit your application.
Course Section: CIT-12-45242 Computer Literacy
Description:
Basic introduction to computers and their usage. Basic
principles of hardware and software; shopping for a personal computer; social
issues associated with the role of computers in the world today; and an introduction
to word processing, spreadsheets, and Internet principles and usage. Fulfills
the computer literacy graduation requirement.
Entry Level Skills: Upon entering the course, the student
should be able to:
1. Employ various techniques to recognize and
use new vocabulary.
2. Demonstrate skills to employ reading
strategies and the reading process
3. Write short compositions which limit
subjects, unify content by common purposes or main ideas, adequately develop
ideas, use appropriate diction, and avoid extensive errors in grammar, usage,
and mechanics
Specific Instructional Objectives: Upon successful
completion, the student will be able to:
Use Microsoft Office (or the current software application
suite currently used for instruction by the Fresno City College Computer
Information Technology (CIT) Department) and
1. Use a word processing application program to
design and create a document with specified font characteristics, margins,
justification, line spacing and other specified format characteristics
2. Use a spreadsheet application program to
design and create a spreadsheet workbook containing formulas, predefined
functions, and graphs
3. Use presentation software to create an
electronic slide presentation
Use and operate a microcomputer to perform basic
functions including:
1. Sending and receiving e-mail
2. Conducting searches on the WWW for specified
information
3. Describing basic microcomputer hardware
components
Identify and describe how computers are used in various
areas, such as education, science, business, transportation, and the government
and the effects of those usages on society in general.
Create the specifications for purchasing a microcomputer
for home use.
As determined by his/her performance on assignments,
examinations, and participation.
Lecture Content
1. Introduction to basic computer hardware and
software
2. Introduction to Windows Operating System
3. Learning to use a word processing program
4. Learning to use a spreadsheet program
5. Learning to use the Internet and World Wide
Web
6. Learning to use a presentation program
7. Discussion of uses of computers in various
careers
8. Discussion of evaluating, selecting, and
purchasing personal computers and PC software packages
9. Discussion of computer security, threats to
privacy created by use of computers, and ethical issues relating to computers
10. Discussion of
telecommunications and international computer applications
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