CSS 400 - Section 1
Course Schedule

The assignment/exam/lecture topic schedule given below is tentative and may vary due to class progress. Make sure to check for changes in assignments if a class is missed. Since there may be a time lag between updates on the CSS-400 Web page, verify all assignments with the instructor and/or teaching assistants.

All students are expected to be present at the final exam period. There is NO excuse for not reserving that time period for this course requirement.

Chapters numbers listed under the Lecture Topics This Week column below use the following naming conventions:

Text 1:   New Perspectives on Computer Concepts: Introductory, 3rd Edition,
          by June Jamrich Parsons and Dan Oja, Course Technology, 1998.

Text 2:   New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 97 Professional: Millennium Edition,
          by June  Jamrich Parsons and Dan Oja, Course Technology, 2000.

Class
Date
Quiz or Assignment Due
Lecture Topics for this Class
1
9/21
 Buy Class Texts & materials Course Introduction
Text 1:  Chapter 1
2
9/28
 Text 1:  Chapter 1
Text 2:  WIN95 - WIN 95 56
         P 1.1 - P 2.30
3
10/5
 Assignment 1:  PowerPoint Text 1:  Chapter 2
Text 2:  P 1.1 - P 2.30
4
10/12
 Text 1:  Chapter 2
         Chapter 3/3-1 - 3-16
Text 2:  W 1.1 - W 4.35
5
10/19
 Assignment 2:  Word Text 1:  Chapter 4
Text 2:  W 1.1 - W 4.35
6 10/26 Assignment 3:  Word Text 1:  Chapter 4
Text 2:  E 1.1 - E 4.37
7 11/2 Text 1:  Chapter 3/3-17 - 3-29
         Chapter 5
Text 2:  E 1.1 - E 4.37
8 11/9 Assignment 4:  Excel Text 1:  Chapter 5
Text 2:  E 1.1 - E 4.37
 9 11/16 Assignment 5:  Excel Text 1:  Chapter 6
Text 2:  E 1.1 - E 4.37
         A 1.1 - 1 4.36
10 11/23 Assignment 6:  Excel/Charts Text 1:  Chapter 6
Text 2:  A 1.1 - A 4.36
11 11/30 Text 1 :  Chapter 3/3-30 - 3-38
          Chapter 7
Text 2:  A 1.1 - A 4.36
12 12/7 Assignment 7:  Access Text 1:  Chapter 7
Text 2:  A 1.1 - A 4.36
         WP 1 - WP 54
13 12/14 Assignment 8:  Access Text 1:  Chapter 8
Text 2:  WP 1 - WP 54
14 12/21 Assignment 9:  Web Pages Text 1:  Chapter 8
Text 2:  I 1.1 - I 1.22
         I 2.1 - I 2.23
15 1/4 Assignment 10:
Integrating MS Office 97		 Course Review
16 1/11 Final Exam

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