This course teaches students how to use microcomputers effectively.
Students learn about computer hardware and how it functions with a n operating system.
There is extensive hands-on use of word processing, spread sheet and data base management software in problem solving. The course includes a brief history of computers and the economic, psychological and social significance of computers. This course acquaints students with the logical structure of a computer, the algorithmic formulation of problems and a programming language such as Visual Basic. Extensive programming experience is included in the course. Students will be exposed to a variety of computing environments.