Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Textbook:
Information Technology for Health Professions
Authors: Burke & Weill
Prentice Hall, Second Edition
ISBN: 0-13-117592-0
Lab Book:
Lab Manual for Allied Health Students
Authors: Burke & Weill
Lab Equipment:
4 high density 3.5 inch diskettes, with labels
Course Objectives:
This course will allow students in the health technologies to learn how to interact with microcomputers and software application packages. Students will become skilled in the use of Windows, Word, Excel, and Access, utilizing relevant examples to the health technologies field.
Attendance Policy:
The student is expected to attend all classes. Students should report to class at the designated time. The student is responsible for any material missed because of absence or lateness.
Lab Assignment and Homework Due Dates:
Each assignment is due on the date specified by the instructor. No assignment will be accepted more than one week after its due date. Five points will be deducted for an assignment that is one or two days late. Ten points will be deducted for an assignment that is more than two days late.
Make-Up Policy:
Exams can be made up only in an emergency with prior permission of the instructor. A student must call before the exam and get the instructor's approval or he or she will not be permitted to take a makeup, and will earn a zero for that exam. In addition the student will be required to bring documentation of the emergency. Documentation includes a doctor's note, a bill from a car mechanic, or some other proof of the emergency situation. If a student has missed a session of class prior to an exam and a student returns on the day an exam is scheduled, the student will be required to take the exam scheduled for that session. Otherwise, a grade of zero will be earned for that exam.
It will be up to the student to find out what work has been missed due to absence. Absenteeism due to vacations or business or other obligations will be treated the same as any other absence. Students should make arrangements for makeup work before a predetermined absence or right after an unplanned absence.
Honesty Policy:
Students are expected to do their lab work individually. Under no circumstances may a student share their lab with another student. A student has cheated if he or she has shared a lab or copied a lab, shared or copied test answers, or used any unauthorized sources of information during a quiz or exam. A grade of zero will be earned on any lab or exam if cheating was involved. Cheating could also lead to the final grade being lowered by one grade or lead to an "F" for the course depending on the circumstances.
Classroom Guidelines:
The following guidelines will establish an environment which will help maximize learning for all students. Please adhere to them, and see me if you have any questions.
Grading Criteria:
Grades will be based on the following breakdown:
| 30% | Lab Assignments (Windows, Word, Internet, Excel, Access) |
| 20% | Lab Tests (Windows, Word, Internet, Excel) |
| 15% | Lecture Test 1 |
| 15% | Lecture Test 2 |
| 15% | Lecture Test 3 |
| 5% | Class Effort and Participation |
Final letter grades will be calculated as follows:
| A | 93 - 100 (all assignments must be completed) | |
| A- | 90 - 92 | |
| B+ | 87 - 89 | |
| B | 83 - 86 | |
| B- | 80 - 82 | |
| C+ | 77 - 80 | |
| C | 70 - 76 | |
| D | 60 - 69 | |
| F | below 60 |
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