COM 101 INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIAL COMPUTER SKILLS
F all /Spring/Summer
This course will cover an introduction to the Internet, essential terms
and technologies related to email; strategies for success in collegiate coursework,
research methods and techniques, issues and policies, and key reference sites.
Credit: 1 hour – One lecture hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM 111 BUSINESS COMPUTER SYSTEMS
T Fall /Spring/Summer
This course provides the student with an in-depth study of computer concepts
and terminology. The use of the computer in actual business applications
will also be discussed. Hands-on experience with computer software will be
stressed. Utilization of internet protocols such as email, FTP, and web browsers
will also be incorporated in the student curriculum.
Credit: 4 hours - Three lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in typing or concurrent enrollment in Basic
Keyboarding – BUS 121.
COM 160 INTRODUCTION TO MICROCOMPUTERS
Spring
This course provides students with an overview of a large variety of topics
related to computer usage and concepts. Lecture topics include software,
hardware, operating systems, Internet, online security and others. Lab topics
include Microsoft Word and Excel, Internet Explorer, email, online searches
and safety, online shopping, and more.
Credit: 2 hours - One lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM 161 INTRODUCTION TO COMMAND PROMPT/DOS
Spring
This course provides the student with an introduction to the command line
utility used to manage files such as copying files, moving files, deleting
files and renaming files. The DOS directory structure is explained and practiced
by utilizing the make directory command, change directory command and remove
directory command. Simple batch files will be created and implemented to
increase efficient execution of command line functions.
Credit: 1 hour- .5 hours lecture and one lab hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): Basic computer knowledge recommended
COM 168 INTRODUCTION TO DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course provides the student hands-on experience with the professional
desktop publishing program, Adobe PageMaker. The student will format documents,
manipulate graphics, text, and drawn objects to create industry publications.
Credit: 1 hour - .5 hour lecture and one lab hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): Basic computer knowledge recommended.
COM 172 INTRO TO PRESENTATION GRAPHICS
Fall /Spring/Summer
Preparation of business on-screen presentations involving the following
slide layouts: title, bulleted list, columns, organizational charts and clip
art. Presentations will incorporate transitional effects for objects on slides
as well as build effects for presentation to text on a slide. Insertion of
video and audio clips will enhance the business presentation.
Credit: 1 hour - .5 hour lecture and one lab hour per week
Prerequisite(s): Basic computer knowledge recommended.
COM 176 USING THE INTERNET
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course provides the student with an introduction to the Internet using
the web browsers. It will help the student get introduced to the Internet
by identifying browser capabilities as well as searching as a form of data
mining. Students will be introduced to online libraries and gain an insight
on how to locate information for their papers online. It will also cover
the use of email and different ways to converse on the Internet.
Credit: 1 hour - .5 lecture and one lab hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): Basic computer knowledge is recommended.
COM 178 MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER
Spring
This course provides the student with an in-depth study of creating their
own website using the Macromedia Dreamweaver software. Students will create
websites using forms, tables, frames, cascading style sheets, templates and
various different extensions used to add functionality to Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Credit: 2 hours – One lecture and two lab hours per
week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems – COM 111.
COM 180 E-COMMERCE
Fall /Spring
This course is designed for students/business owners interested
in selling/buying on the Web. The course introduces communication options,
networks, Internet/Web, and e-commerce software/hardware. Online payment
options, transaction processing systems, and electronic data exchange will
be studied. Issues, concerns, security, and problems with e-commerce will
be discussed along with present and emerging trends in the field.
Credit: 3 hours – Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): COM 111-Business Computer Systems.
COM 190 MICROSOFT PUBLISHER
Fall
This course provides students with the tools to make their own business
publications. For example, business cards, letterhead stationery and invoice
forms can be customized for any business application. There is a section
of the course that deals with making flyers and even their own web page.
The use of word art and clip art will be discussed.
Credit: 1 hour - .5 lecture and one lab hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): Basic computer knowledge is recommended.
COM 196 COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course is designed to provide employment experience in a position
that will utilize the specialized skills of the student enrolled in the computer
systems program. Each student is required to complete 150 contact hours at
a worksite during the semester.
Credit: 2 hours - Ten lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Career Development-INT 111 and Instructor's approval.
COM 201 WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course provides the student with hands-on training using the Windows
2000 operating environment. Students learn to efficiently handle programs
that run through the environment as well as proper file management, customizing
desktops, and maintaining hardware.
Credit: 1 hour - .5 lecture and one lab hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM 218 SECURITY+ CERTIFICATION
Fall
The Security+ Certification is an internation all y validation of the technical
knowledge required of foundation-level security practitioners. A Security+
certified individual has successfully proven holding a foundation-level of
skill and knowledge in General Security Concepts, Communication Security,
Infrastructure Security, Basics of Cryptography and Operational/Organizational
Security.
Credit: 3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): COM 189 or COM 230 and COM 241 or COM 270. The prerequisites
may be waived in lieu of two years of verifiable job experience in the computer
networking field.
COM 222 COMPUTER LOGIC
T Spring
A study of the documentation, logic, psuedocode, and flowcharting techniques
used in typical applications programs. Includes current structured design
techniques.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems-COM 111, Intermediate Algebra-MAT
114 or Instructor approval.
COM 225 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
T Fall
An introduction to systems analysis and design. Included in this course
will be the system life cycle, analytical tools and methods including CASE
tools, file and record layouts, software and hardware selection, and the
stages of data processing system design. "Hands-on" use of computer
tools for developing and analyzing systems will be stressed.
Credit: 3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems-COM 111, advanced operating
systems, programming elective.
COM 227 Database Management Systems
T Fall
This course concentrates on database theory and usage as well as using
the module capabilities of Microsoft Access. Data structures needed for advanced
programming courses will be covered. Topics include database structure, management
techniques, query language access, programming techniques for typical business
applications, and data access for reporting.
Credit: 3 hours - Two lecture and two lab hours per week
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems-COM 111, Advanced DOS-COM 261,
programming elective.
COM 230 DATA COMMUNICATIONS
T Spring
This is an introductory course dealing with the different areas of data
communications. Topics include different LAN/WAN topology designs, protocols
for data transmission, and IEEE standards for data transmission, OSI model
layers and networking hardware and software setup. Lab work will include
email, computer faxing, downloading files, compressing/expanding files as
needed, chats, newsgroup participation, bulletin board posting and creation
and posting of streaming video.
Credit: 3 hours-Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems – COM 111 and Systems
Analysis – COM 225 or consent of instructor
COM 231 C PROGRAMMING
T Spring
An introduction to the C programming language, which will include simple
input/output, decision-making structures as well as looping, will be covered.
Array processing along with subroutines and c all ing of functions and returning
values to previously c all ed functions will be introduced. Error analysis
design will be implemented into every C program created and executed.
Credit: 3 hours-Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems – COM 111 and Computer
Logic – COM 222 or consent of instructor
COM 233 BASIC PROGRAMMING
Spring
This course provides the student with an introduction to the Visual Basic
.NET Programming language platform. Topics include building applications,
creating an interface for working with controls, building applications with
multiple forms and executable files and building applications with drag-and-drop
functionality. Students will create reusable components within different
class structures as well as being introduced to ASP .NET.
Credit: 3 hours-Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems – COM 111 and Computer
Logic – COM 222 or consent of instructor
COM 236 WEB PAGE AUTHORING WITH FRONTPAGE
Spring
FrontPage Editor will be utilized for creation, editing, and testing of
WWW pages. Students will enhance web pages with hyper-linked text, images,
tables, and forms which incorporate from fields with radio buttons, drop-down
lists, check boxes, and scrolling text.
Credit: 2 hours – One lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems-COM 111 or instructor consent
COM 237 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR WEB PAGE
Spring
Students will learn industry leading software to edit images, adjust scanned
images, correct colors, and apply filters for special effects. Also, creation
of logs, icons, navigation controls and background textures all with drag-and-drop
simplicity will be introduced.
Credit: 2 hours – One lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems-COM 111 and Creating WebPages
with Netscape-COM 178 or WebPage Authoring with Frontpage-COM 236
COM 239 JAVA PROGRAMMING
Fall
An introduction to the JAVA programming language. Topics include implementation
of downloading JAVA applets, creation of JAVA Apps which route through multiple
loops, handling errors with the exception class, and utilize multithreading
techniques to create results for insertion into a web page.
Credit: 3 hours – Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems - COM 111 and Computer Logic – COM
222 or instructor consent
COM 241 MICROSOFT SERVER NETWORKING
Fall /Spring
This course provides students with the ability to implement, administer,
and troubleshoot information systems that incorporate Microsoft Server Networking.
Successful completion of all course material will prepare students to take
Microsoft Certification Exam 70-215 Inst all ing, Configuring, and administering
Microsoft Server Networking.
Credit: 3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM 244 A+ CERTIFICATION
Fall /Spring
This course is a study of the hardware and software aspects of a digital
computer system to enable the student to pass the A+ Certification test.
Topics included are what is A+ Certification, system components, digital
storage concepts, optical storage concepts, communication concepts, printer
and monitor operations, DOS/WINDOWS system operation, PC repair and software
tools.
Credit: 3 hours – Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM 261 ADVANCED COMMAND PROMPT/DOS
Spring
This course provides the student experience with using the command line
utility to create high-end batch files to be used to expedite the configuration
settings of a microcomputer system. Also, front-end access to the registry
through the use of the command line utility will be covered. Use of the command
line utility to create recovery diskettes for a system will also be practiced.
Credit: 1 hour- .5 hours lecture and one lab hour per week
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Command Prompt/DOS – COM 161
COM 268 ADVANCED DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Fall /Spring/Summer
This course is a continuation of the desktop publishing features covered
in COM 168. Students also will explore proper usage of fonts and colors along
with linear placement of objects to enhance the professional appearance of
the page. Long document production will be covered which includes book chapters,
table of contents and indexes.
Credit: 1 hour - .5 lecture and one lab hour per week.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Desktop Publishing-COM 168
COM 270 NOVELL NETWORKING
Fall
This course covers inst all ation of a Novell NetWare server, creation
of the NDS organizational structure, along with maintenance of the directory
and file structure on a Novell network. Rights and file attributes will be
assigned to users for proper access to objects within the network. Login
scripts will be created, compiled and executed for specifics users or groups.
Novell network printing will be established and implemented on the LAN. This
course prepares students for the CNA certification exam.
Credit: 3 hours- Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Business Computer Systems – COM 111 and Introduction
to Command Prompt/DOS – COM 161 or consent of instructor
COM 280 MICROSOFT WORD
Fall /Spring/Summer
A thorough exploration of word processing concepts for creating and editing
simple text documents to the techniques of mail merge,copy/cut
and paste, borders and bullets, and use of the program’s writing tools.
Creation of long reports with table of contents, indexes and outlines will
be covered. The use of Word art, graphics, and columns and borders are introduced.
Credit: 2 hours – One lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None.
