COSC110-08W (C) Whole Year 2008

Working in a Digital World

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 September 2008

Description

An introduction to computers, how they work, and what they can and cannot do. Software packages for word processing, spreadsheets, databases are taught. This is a non-advancing course.

COSC110 is for people who will use computers as part of their daily work, including efficient and effective use of applications such as the Internet, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and desktop publishing. Issues which will be discussed include why people find computers frustrating to use, the effect of computers on society, and what can be expected in the future. The course aims to give students a good idea of the capabilities of computers, familiarizes them with the current state of technology, and enables them to choose the appropriate hardware and software to apply in a variety of situations. The course does not teach programming.

Topics include human-computer interaction, telecommunications, health hazards for computer users, current trends and the future of computing, computers and society (security, ethics, privacy, crime, employment, etc.), and information of use for buying a personal computer.

In laboratories students learn to use a word processor, spreadsheet, database, and other selected applications, using Windows computers.

The course outline provides an introduction to the course, including a synopsis and an overview of the lab work involved.

Timetable Note

The tutorial on Thursdays from 4-5pm is optional and held only as needed.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
1: WP lab test, during lab May 19 to May 23 12%
2: SS lab test, during lab July 28 to Aug 1 10%
3: PP modules, during lab weeks Aug 4 to Sept 12 4%
4: DB lab test, during lab Sept 15 to Sept 19 4%
5: Extension modules, during lab weeks Sept 22 to Oct 17 8%
6: FM2 module, during lab 2%
Mid year test 20%
Final Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Beekman, George. , Rathswohl, Eugene J; Computer confluence : exploring tomorrow's technology ; IT ed, 5th ed; Prentice Hall, 2003.

The 7th edition is recommended but the 6th edition is also acceptable.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $681.00

International fee $2,940.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

All COSC110 Occurrences

  • COSC110-08W (C) Whole Year 2008
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