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ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING
USING MICROSOFT OFFICE
2000
Instructor: Terry Foley
Course: GE 102
Office:
G8-107
Time: 4-5 Mon
Phone: (323)
265-8833
4-7 Wed
Text: Office 2000 Introductory Concepts and Techniques by Shelly,
etc.
Computer Disks: I’ll supply these!
Course Description
GE 102 is an introduction to computer concepts, theory, and computer
applications.
The main applications and areas covered will be:
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Windows 98
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Word 2000 (Word Processing)
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Excel 2000 (Spreadsheets)
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Access 2000 (Database Management)
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Power Point 2000 (Presentation Graphics)
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Concepts covered include types of software, hardware components,
communications and networks, with an emphasis on terminology and functionality.
Workload
We’ll do as much as we can to get the assignments done during class but
you won’t be able to finish them in class.
You’ll have to come in during our Open-Lab period to finish them. You may
be able to finish them at home if you have Office 2000 Professional on your
computer.
Late Work
Try your very best to complete each assignment on time according to our
schedule. I will accept late assignments but if you fall behind you may find it
impossible to catch up. The one thing I will not accept is handing in more than two
assignments on the last day! Someone always does this.
Academic Honesty
It’s very important that you do each assignment by yourself. You can work
with other students and share Information, but whatever you hand in has to be
your own work. Handing in work done by another student could be a "fatal
error" on your part. It’s simply not acceptable. (I hope you get my
drift!).
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Submitting Your Work
Your work will be handed in with a Cover Sheet and stapled. We’ll
talk about this in class!
Grading
Your grade will be based on the following;
Office 2000
Assignments 50%
Exams 30%
Participation 10%
Special Projects 10%
Important Dates
Sept 14 (Fri) Last day to drop without a
"W".
Nov 21 (Wed) Last day to drop with a "W".
Dec 12 (Wed) Last day of class.
Note: Final exams start on Th, Dec 13th.
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Schedule of
Assignments Fall 2001
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WEEK |
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1 |
Aug 20 |
Introduction
Windows 98
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2 |
Aug 27 |
Windows 98
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Sept 3 |
Holiday –Labor Day |
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3 |
(Sept 3) |
Word Project 1
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Sept 10 |
Word Project 2
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Sept 17 |
Word Project 3
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6 |
Sept 24 |
Review - Catch-up - Quiz
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7 |
Oct 1 |
Excel Project 1
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Oct 8 |
Excel Project 2
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9 |
Oct 15 |
Excel Project 3
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10 |
Oct 22 |
Review - Catch-up - Quiz
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11 |
Oct 29 |
Access Project 1
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12 |
Nov 5 |
Access Project 2
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Nov 12 |
Holiday – Veteran's Day (My Day!) |
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13 |
(Nov 12) |
Access Project 3
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14 |
Nov 19 |
Power Point Project 1
Note: Thursday and Friday are holidays-Thanksgiving
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15 |
Nov 26 |
Power Point Project 2
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16 |
Dec 3 |
REVIEW
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Dec 10 |
LAST WEEK of CLASS - REVIEW for FINAL
Final will be on Monday, Dec 17th |
Some Background on
Terry Foley
Professor Foley, who has been with us since 1975, brings considerable
industrial and educational experience with him into the classroom. Mr. Foley is
a registered manufacturing engineer and the majority of his industrial
experience has been as a structural design engineer. As a matter of fact, he
wrote and published the first Structures Design Manual for the McDonnell Douglas
Corporation in Huntington Beach where he was head of their Design Center.
As an engineer, Professor Foley is one of the designers of the Space Shuttle
(vertical stabilizer) for Rockwell International, the Apollo Capsule for North
American Aviation, the Spartan Missile for McDonnell Douglas, the Saturn V
booster (first stage) for Boeing Aircraft, and a Japanese Weather Satellite for
Hughes Aircraft. Mr. Foley has also worked as a consultant on several Douglas
Aircraft airplanes in Long Beach. –the MD-11 (tail section), the MD-80, the
MD-90, the MD-95 (now the Boeing 717), and their Navy T45 Trainer. The T45 was
designed completely in the computer using 3D wireframe computer graphics.
Along with teaching at ELAC, Mr. Foley has also taught for 30 years at Cal
State, Long Beach, for 14
years at Cal Poly, Pomona, four years, part-time, at Cal State, Fullerton –
and he has also taught at Riverside City College, where he is currently taking a
course in Desktop Publishing. Last year Mr. Foley completed four courses in the
CIS Department at RCC.
Professor Foley, who is a graduate of ELAC, received his engineering degrees
from UCLA (Rah!) and USC (Rah again!).
Prior to attending ELAC, Mr. Foley spent four years in the Navy where he
served in Korea and Vietnam. In Vietnam, right after the French were soundly
defeated at Dien Bien Phu by the Viet Minh, Mr. Foley was on the first U.S. Navy
ship to take part in the evacuation of North Vietnam – the largest mass
evacuation by sea in the history of the Navy. His ship made three trips carrying
refugees from Haiphong (near Hanoi) to Saigon. The tragic defeat at Dien Bien
Phu resulted in the formation of communist North Vietnam.
Athletically, while stationed at the Naval Training Center in Bainbridge,
Md. Professor Foley was a member of the base football team, where he performed as a wide
receiver and a defensive end.
Mr. Foley feels that his greatest accomplishment has been the raising of his
three daughters who are all college graduates and who are all successfully
employed in the fields of their choice. He is also the very proud grandfather of
his youngest daughter's son, Danny.
Professor Foley is currently teaching Engineering Graphics and Jffice 2000, along with two courses in computer graphics using AutoCAD
R14 and R2000.
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