Computer Information Systems

ITSE 1294 Syllabus

Instructor: Barbara A. Carpenter       Email: barbara.carpenter@templejc.edu

Watson Technical Building, Office Number 547

Office Phone: (254) 298-8468         Home phone (for emergencies only)    (254) 780-1310

Please include course number (ITSE 1294) as the subject in all emails to Instructor. I also encourage students to email each other for class interaction with other students.

I.          ITSE 1294  Information Technology in Health Care Occupations

 

II.         2  Hours of College Credit

 

III.               Catalog Description

The student will describe the purpose and value of information technology in a healthcare setting; demonstrate ability to successfully complete computerized tasks using software available; describe various uses of computers and information technology in health care.  (This course is for students whose major is in health occupations.)

 

IV.              Textbooks:  Practical Series, The Practical PC, 4th Edition. Authors: Parsons and Oja, Course Technology Publishing.

Easy Microsoft Office 2003 Author: Nancy D. Lewis, Que Publishing.

Other Materials:

                        Two High Density (Formatted) Floppy Diskettes

                        Scantrons, number 19641

GRADES

    Your final grade will be made up of test grade, homework, chapter test grades, semester project, and the final exam.

    Letter grades are assigned on the 10-point scale.

 

                          A - 100 - 90

                          B - 89 - 80

                          C - 79 - 70

                          D - 69 - 60

                          F - Below 60

 

NO LATE WORK OR ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.  ANYTHING NOT TURNED IN ON TIME WILL RESULT IN A ZERO.

 

Academic Integrity - YOUR WORK MUST BE YOUR OWN.  Your work CANNOT be shared with, or copied from other students.  Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated.  (See "Academic Integrity" pages 8 and 37 in the Student Handbook). Exams, projects, and graded assignments are individual efforts. While you certainly may ask procedural (“how do I…”) questions of others, graded work must be essentially your own individual work. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned projects, assignments and tasks. Students may not “work together” on graded assignments. Such collaboration constitutes cheating, and a student may not use or copy (by any means) another’s work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own. If you need help on an assignment, contact your instructor, not other classmates.

This class is an exercise in higher education and an independent effort is expected from you.  I endorse wholeheartedly Temple College’s policy on cheating.  These rules have been established to protect the integrity of those pursuing learning in an open and honest manner.  Students who violate TC rules on academic integrity are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the College.  Since dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of Temple College, policies on academic integrity will be strictly enforced.

 

If a student stops participating (not turning in assignments, not taking exams, not corresponding to instructor emails) in class, the student may be dropped from the class.  Once a student is dropped from the class, they will not be allowed to re-enter the class.

 

III.             Course Outline

 

A.     PC Basics

  1. Getting Started
  2. Looking at Windows
  3. Installing and Learning Software

B.      Computer Files

  1. Bits, Bytes, and Digital Data Representation
  2. Naming and Saving Files
  3. Filenames, Extensions, and Formats
  4. Hardware
  5. Organizing Files and Folders
  6. Protecting Your Files

C.     The Internet, the Web, and Email

  1. Connecting to the Internet
  2. URLS and Web Pages
  3. Browsing and Searching the Web
  4. Sending Email and Attachments

D.     Application Software

  1. Creating and Printing Documents
  2. Creating Spreadsheets with Formulas
  3. Creating PowerPoint Presentations

 

Grading:

 

Midterm Exam Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10        25%

Final Exam        Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11   25%

Homework/Chapter Tests                                  25%

Final Project                                                      25%

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                                                                        100%

This course content and all course materials belong to Barbara A. Carpenter.