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CS 150L - Computing for Business Students Computer Science Department University of New Mexico |
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Course Description
Computing for Business Students The greater part of this course
is about developing
the spreadsheet skills needed for success in upper level Anderson School of
Management courses. In particular, the focus is on reading a word problem,
extracting the assumptions, using Microsoft Excel to represent those
assumptions, using Excel to solve the problem in such a way that
changing any one of the assumptions automatically changes all results
that depend on that assumption, and representing all of this in a
clear and professional format. While the applications and examples
used in this course all relate to business, these are spreadsheet
skills that apply to many disciplines.
Students enrolling in Computing for Business Students are expected to already have mastered basic computer literacy skills. The course, does however, fill in some possible gaps such as structured page layouts using Microsoft Word, best practices for using e-mail communication, and some Microsoft PowerPoint features.
Computing for Business Students is offered in both the fall and spring semesters as a traditional Lecture/Lab course and also as an on-line course. The traditional Lecture/Lab course is usually also offered during the summer session.
Instructor:
Joel Castellanos ,
Department of Computer Science
Registration Notes Completion of Math 120 (Intermediate Algebra) with a passing grade is a strict prerequisite requirement for CS-150. Any one of the more advanced mathematics courses offered at UNM including Math 121, Math 123, Math 150, Math 162, Math 163, Math 180 or Math 181 will fulfill this prerequisite requirement. Alternatively, an ACT≥22 or SAT≥510 will fulfill this prerequisite requirement. If you have fulfilled the mathematics prerequisite at a different institution, then you will need to contact Lynne Jacobsen, the Computer Science department Coordinator of Program Advisement via e-mail at csinfo@cs.unm.edu. Explain the situation and send your UNM student ID number along with the course number and section into which you want to register. With your permission in e-mail, Lynne can check your transcript through LoboWeb to verify that you have successfully completed the prerequisite mathematics and override the registration error. The subject line of the e-mail should be: CS-150 registration error.
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