Semester: Fall / Spring
Office: O'Hare 205
Phone: 341-3192
Room: O'Hare 235
Instructor E-mail: keenanj@cox.net; keenanj@salve.edu; owa.salve.edu
Office Hours: Monday / Wednesday: 11:00 - 1:00 or by appointment  
                          Tuesday / Thursday: 2:15 - 3:00 or by appointment  

TEXTBOOK

SimNet Office 2007
ISBN: 0077218647 / 9780077218645
www.certiport.com

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Microsoft Certification Class provides:

• A time-tested, integrated approach to learning
  
• Task-based, results-oriented learning strategies
  
• Exercises based on realistic business scenarios
  
• Complete preparation for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification
  
• Comprehensive coverage of skills from the basic to the expert level
  
• Review of core-level skills provided in expert-level guides
  

MISSION RELATED OBJECTIVES

• Acceptance of personal responsibility-accountability
  
• Respect for human Values; respect for human dignity, sensitivity
  
• Self-awareness-positive values and ethical standards
  
• Personal commitment to excellence

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES

• Ability to conduct computer program literacy
  
• Ability to measure Microsoft Office software proficiency
  
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office software for business applications
  
• Ability to identify opportunities for skills enhancement
  
• Ability to integrate technology instruments to help solve business problems and manage systems and personnel

MICROSOFT CERTIFIED APPLICATION SPECIALIST DESCRIPTION (taken from Microsoft link)

Microsoft® Certified Application Specialists are a part of a global community of distinguished achievers. This Microsoft certification credential tells the world you have demonstrated proficiency in the newest standard of the world's foremost desktop computing applications. Microsoft certifications (based on globally recognized standards) demonstrate your computing skills and help advance your career prospects in a competitive job market.

Microsoft Certified Application Specialist certifications are primarily for office workers who use Microsoft Office programs as a vital part of their job functions. These certifications cover the entire Microsoft Office Suite, encompassing: Word 2007, PowerPoint® 2007, Excel® 2007, Outlook® 2007 and Access® 2007, as well as Windows Vista®..

Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Exam Skill Standards and Preparation Guides

To view exam skill standards, click the exam name in the Exam Skill Standards column. Exam skill standards are organized in skill sets, which represent the more fundamental aspects of using each Office program. To view exam preparation guides, click the exam name in the Exam Preparation Guides column.

GRADING

Incomplete Coursework

Students will not be given an incomplete grade in the course without sound reason and documented evidence as described in the Student Handbook. In any case, for a student to receive an incomplete, he or she must be passing and must have completed a significant portion of the course.

To appeal a grade, send an e-mail to your instructor's e-mail address within two weeks of receiving the grade. Overdue appeals will not be considered.

COURSE POLICIES

Lecture, Laboratory, and Examination Schedule

This will be an independent study course.
Students will make individual appointments to take practice exams/specialist certification exams..

Class Attendance

**** Class attendance is mandatory until the course requirement is met. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of every class. Athletes must give written notice of game conflict from the head of the Athletic Department.

Plagiarism Policy

Students are expected to uphold the school's standard of conduct relating to academic honesty. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. The guiding principle of academic integrity shall be that a student's submitted work, examinations, reports, and projects must be that of the student's own work. Students shall be guilty of violating the honor code if they:

1. Represent the work of others as their own.
2. Use or obtain unauthorized assistance in any academic work.
3. Give unauthorized assistance to other students.
4. Modify, without instructor approval, an examination, paper, record, or report for the purpose of obtaining additional credit.
5. Misrepresent the content of submitted work.

The penalty for violating the honor code is severe. Any student violating the honor code is subject to receive a failing grade for the course and will be reported to the Office of Student Affairs. If a student is unclear about whether a particular situation may constitute an honor code violation, the student should meet with the instructor to discuss the situation.

For this class, it is permissible to assist classmates in general discussions of computing techniques. General advice and interaction are encouraged. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned projects, assignments, and tasks. In other words, students may not "work together" on graded assignments. Such collaboration constitutes cheating. A student may not use or copy (by any means) another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own. If you need help on an assignment, contact your instructor.

Plagiarism methodologies now include all electronic methods of communication such as the use of cell-phones, paging devices, palm pilots, wireless devices, e-mail and instant messaging systems. Use of non-electronic communications such as American Sign Language (ASL) for the purpose of transmitting evaluation information is likewise prohibited.

Electronic Distraction and Bandwidth Considerations

Use of electronic devices or public or campus-supplied bandwidth (cable-oriented or wireless) for nonacademic or personal use is strictly prohibited during class-time, lab-time, student presentations, faculty presentations, or guest lecturer presentations or whenever such activities interfere with the delivery, collection, distribution, or normal flow of academic curriculum an content. Instant Messaging systems, cell-phones, audible paging devices, and any other real-time systems must be turned off during class, lab, and presentation periods.

Disability Accommodation Statement

Salve Regina University is committed to providing equal and integrated access for students with disabilities to all of its educational programs as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students with disabilities should meet in person with the director of the Academic Development Center to determine appropriate accommodations, and then submit a signed and current Notification of Accommodations form to the professor within the first two weeks of class. This form is available from the Office of Disability Services in the Academic Development Center in McKillop Library, room 308. Students are advised to speak directly with the professor concerning requests for reasonable accommodations.