BTAC 266 - Inside Microsoft Office

Credits: 5
Focuses on the use of advanced Microsoft Office applications including object linking and embedding (OLE) and the integration of applications. Enhances prior application skills. These skills culminate in a professional PowerPoint group presentation that also may incorporate Word, Excel, and Access concepts.

Enrollment Requirement: BTAC 112 and BTAC 162; or instructor consent.

Course Fee: $30.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Gain advanced skills and demonstrate confidence in using and supporting state of the art software used in business and industry.
Integrate applications within the Microsoft Office Suite.
Implement effective team building.
Develop written and oral communication skills.
Solve a variety of personal computer-related application problems.

Program Outcomes

Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.
Integrate Microsoft Office software applications to present information in a meaningful manner.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.