Emphasis is placed on the Windows operating system. Students perform object linking and embedding within a suite of programs. This course provides students with the principles of designing, creating, updating, sorting and searching a database. Students produce customized reports and forms and extract information based on criteria. This reinforces the principles of managing a relational database in a microcomputer environment.
Students create electronic presentations suitable for business.
Business planning is emphasized. This course increases students' awareness of the technical, social, and ethical problems that arise with new technologies. Students employ methods for effective presentation as part of the assigned work. In this course, students complete a two-week work placement in an appropriate business environment. Students' job performance is evaluated by the work placement supervisor and the professor.