CPSC 203 Course Web Page

 

 

 

Course info

Contact information, evaluation breakdown, course material

Assignments and exams

(note that due dates are subject to change)

Assignment grading

Assignment 1: Email (Worth: 1%, Due: January 25)

Assignment 2: Word processing (Worth: 4%, Due: January 25)
Assignment 3: Spreadsheet (Worth: 4%, Due: February 8)
Midterm Exam: Monday February 25 (in class).

Sample example questions

Assignment 4: Database (Worth: 6%, Due: March 1)
Assignment 5: Internet Assignment (Worth: 5%, Due: March 18)
Assignment 6: Project (Worth: 7%, Due: April 1)
Assignment 7: PowerPoint (Worth: 3%, Due April 9)
Sample final exam questions

Course Outline

Introduction to computers

Number systems
History of computers
Networking and telecommunications
Introduction to Computer Science
Computer programming
Issues in computing

Useful links

The Computer Confleunce website (course textbook)

Projects for Microsoft Office 2000 website (course textbook)

PC Magazine (most of it is practical stuff but they also have links to more technical material)
How stuff works (provides understandable explanations about different technologies)

Links to software downloads 

The hyperbolic web browser  (a web browser that lets you see surrounding links)

Glabster: the product of a colleague's research project. Combines the history and book marking system of Internet Explorer in a real cool way.

The TeamWave WorkPlace (a room-based collaborative groupware system)

WS-FTP (you can download an evaluation copy from this site)