Lamar State College - Port Arthur

House Bill 2504

Fall 2015 Course Syllabus

POFI-1349-73 - Spreadsheets

Faculty Information
Semester	Fall 2015
Instructor	Duhon, Brenda Goates
Phone	(409) 719-1681
E-mail	duhonbg@lamarpa.edu
Department	Business and Technology Chair: Sheila Guillot Phone: (409) 984-6381 E-mail: guillsr@lamarpa.edu
Office	Hours: By appointment only Building: Madison Monroe Education (MMED) Room: N/A
MyLamarPA	Be sure to check your campus E-mail and Course Homepage using MyLamarPA campus web portal (My.LamarPA.edu). When you’ve logged in, click the email icon in the upper right-hand corner to check email, or click on the “My Courses” tab to get to your Course Homepage. Click the link to your course and review the information presented. It is important that you check your email and Course Homepage regularly. You can also access your grades, transcripts, and determine who your academic advisor is by using MyLamarPA.
Course Information
Course Number	91348
Course Description	Skill development in concepts, procedures, and application of spreadsheets. This course is designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency.
Course Prerequisites	None
Required Textbooks	Benchmark Series Microsoft Excel 2013, Level 1 by Nita Rutkosky, Audrey Roggenkamp and Ian Rutkosky, Published by Paradigm Publishing, ISBN 978-0-76385-390-7.
Attendance Policy	CLASS POLICIES - Fall 2015 ATTENDANCE POLICIES: *Poor attendance is a leading reason for termination from a job in all areas of employment. With this factor in mind, the instructor monitors student attendance daily. In addition, attendance on a regular basis is necessary for proper skill development. *The instructor reserves the right to drop any student missing more than two weeks with online class or lab participation. *Assignment due dates are posted weekly in your course--in the calendar, in the announcements, and by e-mail. Check the course and your mylamarpa.edu e-mail SEVERAL times per week. *Student assignments coming in late will be assessed a 30-point penalty. *Students are responsible for completing all assigned work, including reading assignments, by the required due dates and for being prepared for class. *See Class Policies on the "Begin Here" section of the online course.
Course Grading Scale	90-100 = A 80-89 = B 70-79 = C 60-69 = D Below 59 = F
Determination of Final Grade	Tests = 60% Assignments & Quizzes = 20% Projects = 20%
Final Exam Date	December 3, 2015 - 8:00 AM
Major Assignments	Week 1 - Orientation; Chapter 1 Week 2 - Chapter 1 continued Week 3 - Chapter 2 Week 4 - Chapter 3 Week 5 - Chapter 3 continued; Exam 1 - Chapters 1, 2, & 3 Week 6 - Chapter 4 Week 7 - Chapter 4; Unit 1 Performance Assessment Week 8 - Chapter 5 Week 9 - Chapter 5 Week 10- Chapter 6 Week 11 - Chapter 6; Exam 2 - Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Week 12 - Chapter 7 Week 13 - Chapter 7 Week 14 - Chapter 8; Exam 3 - Chapters 7 & 8; Unit 2 Performance Assessment Week 15 - Review for Final
Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates	Week 1 - Orientation; Chapter 1 - Creating a Worksheet, Saving a Workbook, Editing Data in a Cell, Printing a Workbook, Closing a Workbook & Closing Excel Week 2 - Chapter 1 - Using Automatic Entering Features, Opening a Workbook, Inserting Formulas, Selecting Cells, Applying basic Formatting & Using Help Week 3 - Chapter 2 - Writing Formulas with Mathematical Operators, Inserting Formulas with Functions, Writing Formulas with Statistical Functions, Displaying Formulas, and Using Absolute and Mixed Cell References in Formulas Week 4 - Chapter 3 - Changing Column Width, Changing Row Height, Inserting and Deleting Cells, Rows, and Columns, Applying Formatting, and Applying a Theme Week 5 - Chapter 3 continued - Formatting Numbers, Formatting Cells using the Format Cells Dialog Box, Formatting with Format Painter, and Hiding and Unhiding Columns and Rows Week 6 - Chapter 4 - Formatting a Worksheet Page, Inserting Headers and Footers, Customizing Print Jobs, and Completing a Spelling Check Week 7 - Chapter 4 continued - Using Undo and Redo, Finding and Replacing Data and Cell Formatting in a Worksheet, Sorting Data, and Filtering Data; Unit 1 Performance Assessment Week 8 - Chapter 5 - Creating a Workbook with Multiple Worksheets; Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Cells, Managing Worksheets Week 9 - Chapter 5 continued - Working with Ranges, Working with Windows, Moving, Linking, Copying, and Pasting Data, and Moving and Copying Data Week 10 - Chapter 6 - Maintaining Workbooks, Managing the Recent Workbooks List, and Managing Worksheets Week 11 - Chapter 6 continued - Formatting with Cell Styles, Inserting Hyperlinks, and Using Excel Templates Week 12 - Chapter 7 - Creating a Chart, Printing a Chart, Changing the Chart Design Week 13 - Chapter 7 continued - Changing Chart Formatting, Writing Formulas with Financial Functions, and Writing Formulas with the IF Logical Function Week 14 - Chapter 8 - Inserting Symbols and Special Characters, Inserting Images, Creating and Inserting Screenshots, Inserting and Copying Shapes, Drawing and Formatting Text Boxes; Inserting a Picture as a Watermark, Inserting SmartArt Graphics, Creating, Sizing, and Moving WordArt; Unit 2 Performance Assessment Week 15 - Review for Final
General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes	Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts. Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes	PSLO ALPHA: Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material PSLO 1. Demonstrates appropriate professionalism in the administrative workplace environment PSLO 2. Uses current business administration skills PSLO 3. Uses current business office software applications PSLO 4. Proofreads and edits business documents
Course Student Learning Outcomes	1. Identifies all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrates an understanding of the reading (PSLO ALPHA); measured by pre- and post-tests. 2. Identifies terminology and concepts associated with spreadsheet applications (PSLO 2); measured by daily assignment 3. Insert graphics and reports in worksheets (PSLO 3); measured by daily assignment 4. Create and modify workbooks (PSLO 3); measured by end-of-chapter assessment assignment 5. Create and use special functions (PSLO 3); measured by end-of-chapter assessment assignment 6. Calculate data using formulas and functions (PSLO 3); measured by daily assignment 7. Proofread and edit workbooks (PSLO 4); measured by application assignment
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Electronic devices (including but not restricted to cell phones, MP3 players, and laptop computers) shall not be used during examinations unless specifically allowed by the instructor. Use of electronic devices during normal class hours distracts other students, disrupts the class, and wastes valuable time. Instructors have an obligation to reduce such disruptions. Turn your cellphones to vibrate when you enter the classroom. No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Electronic devices (including but not restricted to cell phones, MP3 players, and laptop computers) shall not be used during examinations unless specifically allowed by the instructor. Use of electronic devices during normal class hours distracts other students, disrupts the class, and wastes valuable time. Instructors have an obligation to reduce such disruptions Turn your cell phones to vibrate when you enter the classroom Poor attendance is a leading reason for termination from a job in all areas of employment. With this factor in mind, the instructor monitors student course activity daily The instructor reserves the right to drop any student missing more than two weeks with online class or lab participation Assignment due dates are posted weekly in your course--in the calendar, in the announcements, and by e-mail.
Additional Information	SOFTWARE/HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS *Do not sign up to take an online course if you do not have the correct software and/or reliable access to a computer. *If you are in a course that is using a specific software, you MSUT have the software available to you--either on your home computer or you must use the open lab provided in the Gates Library. *Students must have a flash drive for class. Bring a flash drive to each class meeting. A 2 GB flash drive is recommended. *Reliable Internet access is required for all online courses and many traditional courses. *Computer failure and lack of Internet access are not acceptable excuses for missed assignments, projects, quizzes, or exams. DO NOT wait until the "last minute" to complete class work or exams. *See Class Policies on the "Begin Here" section of the online course.
Important Information
ADA Considerations	The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
Copyright Violations	Some material in this course may be copyrighted. They may be used only for instructional purposes this semester, by students enrolled in this course. These materials are being used fairly and legally. No one may distribute or share these copyrighted materials in any medium or format with anyone outside this class, including publishing essays with copyrighted material, uploading copyrighted material to Facebook or YouTube, or painting or performing copyrighted material for public display. Copyright violation is not the same thing as plagiarism. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty. Offenses of plagiarism result in lower grades or failing scores, and professors and the college strictly enforce plagiarism rules. There is never any acceptable use of plagiarism. Copyright violation is a legal offense, punishable by large fines and penalties. Copyrighted material can be used if permission from the material’s creator is obtained, or if its use meets the standards of fair use in an educational setting. For example, a student can quote a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a report without violating copyright but still be guilty of plagiarism if the quotation is not properly documented. If you are in doubt about what material can be freely used, ask your professor or contact the Dean of Library Services, at (409) 984-6216.
Assessment Statement	Assessment is a process by which LSCPA can help you learn better and gauge the level of progress you have made to attain knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values. It also helps your professors understand how to improve teaching and testing methods in your classes, and it helps each department understand and improve degree and certificate programs. Periodically LSC-PA will collect assessment data for research and reporting purposes, including statistical data and sometimes copies of your work. Be assured that all material the college uses for assessment purposes will be kept confidential. To ensure anonymity, your name will be removed from any material we use for assessment purposes, including video-recorded performances, speeches, and projects. If you object to allowing LSC-PA to use your material for assessment purposes, submit a letter stating so to your professor by the 12th class day. You will still be required to participate in whatever assessments are being done; we just won’t use your data. What’s the difference between assessment and grades? The grades you get on papers, projects, speeches, and assignments are specific types of focused assessment. LSC-PA’s assessment efforts include class grades, surveys, standardized tests, and other tools.
Privacy Notice	Federal privacy laws apply to college students. This means that college employees, including instructors, cannot divulge information to third parties, including parents and legal guardians of students. Even if the students are minors, information about their college work cannot be shared with anyone except in very limited circumstances. Anyone requesting information about a student should be referred to the Registrar. Instructors will be notified in writing by that Office about what information may be released and to whom. Please remember that releasing private information about a student, however innocuous it may seem, can be a violation of federal law, with very serious consequences. Circumstances under which information may be released: An adult student may submit, to the Registrar, a handwritten, signed note granting permission for release of information. The note must specify what information may be divulged, and it must specify the name of the person to whom the information may be given. A parent or guardian may be given access to information about a student by providing a copy of a filed tax return that shows that the student was listed as a dependent of that parent or guardian. The tax return must be for last complete tax year. Again, this documentation must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office. A parent or guardian may be given access to information about a student if the student logs on to My.LamarPA.edu and sends an email to the Registrar granting permission. The email must specify what information may be given and the name of the person to whom it may be given. Co-enrollment students are protected by the same privacy laws as adult students. The Registrar’s office is located in the Student Center room 303B, and can be reached at (409) 984-6165.
College-Level Perspectives	This course helps add to the students’ overall collegiate experience in the following ways: Establishing broad and multiple perspectives on the individual in relationship to the larger society and world in which s/he lives, and to understand the responsibilities of living in a culturally and ethnically diversified world. Stimulating a capacity to discuss and reflect upon individual, political, economic, and social aspects of life in order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society. Developing a capacity to use knowledge of how technology and science affect their lives. Developing personal values for ethical behavior. Developing the ability to make aesthetic judgments. Using logical reasoning in problem solving. Integrating knowledge and understand the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines.
Degree Plan Evaluation	A Degree Plan Evaluation will help you determine which classes you need to complete your program. Sign in to your my.lamarpa.edu account. Click on the “My Services” tab. Click on the “Student” tab. Click on Student Records. Click on Degree Evaluation. Select the term you are planning on registering for (i.e. Summer I, Summer II, Fall, or Spring) Verify that the Curriculum Information (your MAJOR) is correct Click on “Generate New Evaluation” at the bottom of the screen. Click the radio button next to Program Click on the Generate Request button. All of the classes that you have taken that apply to your declared major will be listed on the right. If you have a class that still needs to be completed, a “NO” will be listed on the right next to the required class.
HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSC-PA’s efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.
Lamar State College - Port Arthur Mission Lamar State College - Port Arthur, a member of The Texas State University System, is an open-access, comprehensive public two-year college offering quality and affordable instruction leading to associate degrees and a variety of certificates. The College embraces the premise that education is an ongoing process that enhances career potential, broadens intellectual horizons, and enriches life. Core Values Shared commitment by faculty, staff and administration to a mission characterized by student learning, diversity, and community involvement General education/core curriculum that develops the values and concepts that allow the student to make a meaningful contribution in the workplace or community Academic and technical programs designed to fulfill our commitment to accommodate students with diverse goals and backgrounds, using a variety of delivery methods, on and off campus Technical education programs that provide for the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and behavior necessary for initial and continued employment Student achievement characterized by attainment of individual goals and measured by successful accomplishments and completion of curriculum Co-curricular opportunities that develop social, financial and civic acuity Principles Lamar State College - Port Arthur operates in the belief that all individuals should be: treated with dignity and respect; afforded equal opportunity to acquire a complete educational experience; given an opportunity to discover and develop their special aptitudes and insights; and, provided an opportunity to equip themselves for a fulfilling life and responsible citizenship in a world characterized by change.

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