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General Info
- CIT 281 Advanced
Business Systems, Spring 2007
TueThu 8:30am-9:50am, 216 ALL
Prerequisites: CIS 111
Credits: 4
CRN: 31294
- Instructor:
Gary
Bricher
Office: 162 Deschutes
Tue & Thu 10:00am-11:00am,
or by appointment
Phone: 541-346-0488
bricherg@cs.uoregon.edu
- GTF:
Jonathan Lidbeck
Office: 254 Deschutes
Tue & Wed 2:00pm-3:00pm,
or by appointment
Phone: 541-346-4436
jlidbeck@cs.uoregon.edu
Description
This is the third course in the CIT minor program, and
builds upon the concepts and applications presented in CIS 110 Information
Processing and CIS 111 Computers and Computation. In CIT 281, students learn to develop integrated office applications
using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Microsoft Access, Excel, and
Word. Requires computer-laboratory
work in addition to regularly scheduled hours. Students must take this course for a grade
rather than pass/no pass.
Textbook
Visual Basic for Applications, by Diane Zak,
Thomson Course Technology, 2006, ISBN 1-423-93443-1.
Online Materials
Class home page: http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/07S/cit281
Topics
- Creating, using, and
managing databases including input forms, query options, and printed
reports using non-procedural approaches.
- Writing and using
visual basic for applications (VBA) code to develop and enhance MS
Office applictions.
Tools
- MS Office
Professional running under MS Windows.
- These are installed
on the lab machines.
- Students may use
their own computers if they have the software.
- You will need the
student data files since they are referenced in some of the
assignments. The
self-extracting zip files may be downloaded from the publisher’s Web
site: Student
data files
Lab Rooms
- Students are
registered for one lab section per week. These meet in 026B Klamath.
- Students may use the
Klamath or McKenzie labs to do their assignments.
Grading Policy
Grading will be based on assignments, a midterm exam, and a final
exam. The final grade will be
computed using the following weighting scheme. Plus and minus grades will be used.
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Assignments:
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60%
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Midterm:
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20%
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Final:
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20%
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To continue on in the CIT minor program, students must complete the
course with a B- or better.
The assignments are designed to help the student learn the core material
of the course as presented in the lectures and text. Each student must turn in their own
solutions.
No late assignments will be accepted.
Turn in partial work if you are not finished. Exceptions include illness or major
family problems, in which case contact the instructor as soon as possible.
The midterm will cover the first part of the course, and the final will
cover the last part of the course.
No makeup exams will be given unless arrangements are made with the
instructor in advance.
Assignment Drop Boxes
Written assignments and printouts
should be turned into the instructor in class or in the CIT281 drop box in Deschutes near the CIS main office.
Electronic homework submissions should
be uploaded to the DropAssignmentsHere folder on the Andromeda2 server (see
below).
Andromeda2 Server
The Andromeda2 file server is
available for student use. It may be
accessed from the PCs in the lab rooms or remotely using a Web
browser. The server is located at: http://andromeda2.uoregon.edu/ The instructor
will provide you with the appropriate login name and password for
Andromeda2.
Electronic homework submissions should
be uploaded to the DropAssignmentsHere
folder under CIT281 on the Courses volume.
Names for uploaded files should begin with your last name then your
first initial followed by the assignment number then the rest of the
filename, for example, Bricherg_1_Payments.mdb. Once a file is uploaded, you may not
delete or change it.
You have read only access to the Resources folder on Andromeda2. The student data files in self-extracting
zip format are located here (as well as on the publisher’s Web site, see
above). The instructor may provide
other files here for you to use.
Collaboration & Self Reliance
For this course, students are encouraged to collaborate in order to
effectively learn the material.
However, each student should do their own work on assignments. It is ok to discuss course material with
other students, but the hands-on work required in the assignments is
critical for student learning.
Therefore, each assignment should be done by the student
him/herself. You are responsible for
knowing the university’s policy on academic
dishonesty.
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