A106: Introduction to Computing

Tentative Schedule

Spring 1999

Sections: E127, E129, E133, E135


Week 1 (Jan. 11 - Jan. 13)
Lecture 1: Chapters 1 and 2: Hardware, CPU, Memory, etc.
Assignment 1: Surfing and Searching the World Wide Web
Week 2 (Jan. 18 - Jan. 20)
Lecture 2: Chapters 1 and 2 (continued)
Week 3 (Jan. 25 - Jan. 27)
Lecture 3: Chapter 3: Peripherals
Assignment 2: Word Processing Basics
Week 4 (Feb. 1 - Feb. 3)
Lecture 4: Chapters 4 and 5: Software Basics, Word Processing, and Desktop Publishing
Assignment 3: Editing
Week 5 (Feb. 8 - Feb. 10)
Lecture 5: Chapter 6: Spreadsheets, Financial Accounting and Management Software
Assignment 4: Formatting
Week 6 (Feb. 15 - Feb. 17)
Lecture 6: Chapter 6 (continued): Visualization, Modeling, and Simulation
Assignment 5: Proofing and Refining
Week 7 (Feb. 22 - Feb. 24)
Lecture 7: Review for the Midterm; Chapter 7: Graphics, Hypermedia, and Multimedia
Week 8 (Mar. 1 - Mar. 3)
Spring Recess
Week 9 (Mar. 8 - Mar. 10)
Midterm
Assignment 6: Spreadsheet Basics
Week 10 (Mar. 15 - Mar. 17)
Lecture 8: Chapter 8: Databases
Assignment 7: E-mail, Wizards, Applets, and Templates
Week 11 (Mar. 22 - Mar. 24)
Lecture 9: Chapters 9 and 10: Telecommunications and Computer Networks, the Internet and the World Wide Web
Assignment 8: Database Basics
Week 12 (Mar. 29 - Mar. 31)
Lecture 10: Chapters 9 and 10 (continued)
Assignment 9: Searching, Sorting, and Querying Databases, Creating a Database Report
Week 13 (Apr. 5 - Apr. 7)
Lecture 11: Chapter 11: Computer Security
Assignment 10: Advanced Features of Spreadsheets
Week 14 (Apr. 12 - Apr. 14)
Lecture 12: Chapter 13: Artificial Intelligence
Assignment 11: Charting
Week 15 (Apr. 19 - Apr. 21)
Lecture 13: Review for the Final
Assignment 12: Amortization
Week 16 (Apr. 26 - Apr. 28)
Lecture 14: Chapter 12: Systems Design and Development
Week 17 (May 3 - May 5)
Final Exam