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2006-2008 CATALOGAPPIE 290SPECIAL TOPICS IN ELECTRICITYPrerequisite: Consent of coordinator3 lectures per week: 3 hrs credit (variable credit offered; maybe repeated for credit 3 times with different topics)Topics pertaining to current and emerging technology in electricitywill be covered. Content and format of this course isvariable and may be initiated by company training needs,updates in technology in the electrical field and the need toadhere to rules such as the revisions that occur in the NationalElectrical Code. Subject matter will be indicated in the classschedule.APPIE 298ELECTRICAL SEMINARPrerequisite: Completion of 24 credits of APPIE courses and the consentof coordinator1 lecture per week: 1 hr creditThis seminar is taken in conjunction with APPIE 299-Internship.The content of the seminar relates to the internship workwhich is correlated with the student’s field of study.APPIE 299ELECTRICAL INTERNSHIPPrerequisite: Completion of 24 credits of APPIE courses and the consentof coordinator10 lab hrs per week: 2 hrs creditStudent interns will be assigned to an approved training site.This will be scheduled by joint agreement of the student, thesite supervisor and the program coordinator. Students mustalso register for APPIE 298 - Electrical Seminar.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYCourse prefixes indicate the content emphasis of each course.Courses applied for completion of current degrees or certificatesmust have been completed within the past five years.APPLICATIONS - ITAPPITAPP 101 (IAI: BUS 902; CS 910)INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERSPrerequisite: Keyboarding (recommended)3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditA general introduction to the concepts of computers and dataprocessing as it relates to the business organization.This courseis a survey of many aspects of computers today and includesunits on history of computers; hands-on experience with businesssoftware such as spreadsheets, database and word processingpackages; telecommunications and current topics. Nomathematics or data processing background is required.ITAPP 109INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNETPrerequisite: None2 lab hrs per week: 1 hr creditThis is a comprehensive study of the Internet through onlineexperience.All the basic Internet applications are covered,including e-mail, www, gopher, search strategies, USENET newsgroups, FTP, Telnet,Web page construction, encryption on theInternet, Internet service providers and social issues.DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSITAPP 121INTRODUCTION TO WORD PROCESSINGPrerequisite: ITOFS 1002 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 3 hrs credit (may be repeatedthree times)This course presents the concepts of storage, retrieval, playbackand editing as done in word processing. Students completingthe course are expected to demonstrate their knowledge ofword processing concepts on a microprocessor by producingand revising actual documents including letters, memos, multiple-pagedocuments, form letters, envelopes, memoranda andmulti-page reports.ITAPP 122INTERMEDIATE WORD PROCESSING APPLICATIONSPrerequisite: ITAPP 1212 lectures, 2 labs per week: 3 hrs credit(may be repeated three times)This course is a continuation of skill development on word processingequipment.Topics covered include merging, creating andrevising footnoted documents, preparing tables, justifying margins,creating headers and footers and reformatting documents.ITAPP 125INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEETSPrerequisite: Keyboarding (recommended)1 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 2 hrs creditHands-on experience with the most current and widely usedspreadsheet software.Topics covered include creating and editingworksheets, range commands, copy and move commands,calculations, screen and printer graphics, sorting, query, windows,table hookups and macros.ITAPP 126INTERMEDIATE SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONSPrerequisite: ITAPP 1251 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 2 hrs creditThis course provides further hands-on study into the capabilitiesof the current commercial spreadsheet software.Topicscovered include macros, advanced functions, file operations andsophisticated applications.ITAPP 128INTRODUCTION TO DATABASEPrerequisite: Keyboarding (recommended)1 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 2 hrs creditHands-on experience with the most current and widely useddatabase software.Topics covered include creating and editing adatabase file, queries, forms, grouping data for reports, indexing,labels, SQL commands, menu structures and macros.ITAPP 129INTERMEDIATE DATABASE APPLICATIONSPrerequisite: ITAPP 128 or equivalent1 lecture, 2 lab hrs per week: 2 hrs creditFurther hands-on study into the capabilities of the currentcommercial database software.Topics covered include operations,multiple files, relational database operations, SQL, commandfile creation and program flow, and applications.DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSES141