CS110 Information

Instructor:
Russ Wakefield
Office: CSB Room 240
Office Hours: T/Th 9-11
Email: waker@cs.colostate.edu

Lecture: Computer Science Bldg 130
Section 1 M/W 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Labs: CSB 110
Section 1 T/R 1:00pm-3:00pm
Section 2 T/R 3:00pm-5:00pm

Course Description

This class teaches essential skills associated with the effective use of personal computers. There are two one-hour lectures each week that are recorded and available on-line. There are two two-hour labs scheduled per week - these can be used to perform the labs, receive assistance, take quizzes, etc. It is not necessary to attend the labs as long as you perform the work at home.

This class is taught in conjunction with an on-line section, both the on-campus and the on-line students will be able to take the class using their own PCs.

Note - If you are an on-line student (or an on-campus student taking the class online), you MUST have access to a machine that meets the requirements of both RamCT and MyITLab. You can see the requirements for MyITLab here.

This class is made up of 6 weeks of lessons - one lesson per week - and 2 weeks of testing. Each lesson consists of:

Midterm exam week will consist of:

Final exam week will consist of:

Specific objectives and activities include:

  • Understanding of basic computer concepts such as:
    • Computer hardware and software.
    • Security and privacy.
    • Tools that use the Internet and the World-Wide-Web.
    • Searching and collecting information.
  • Understanding how to manage and keep information secure.
  • Preparation of professional documents.
  • Creation of well-designed presentations.
  • Manipulating, analyzing and plotting data.
  • Projecting information onto the web.

Expectations:

The typical expectation for a college course at CSU is that students will work at least 2-3 hours outside of class per class credit hour. A 4 credit class such as this one may require you to work more than 8 hours per week in addition to your classroom activities. A key objective of this course is that, by the end of the semester, every student will have the ability to collect data in his/her specific area of study, write a research paper, put together a presentation on that paper, and publish the information on the web. The information provided during the lectures provides an overview to successful publications while the labs provide hands-on experience with the tools.