The
Weekend Computer Institute is offered as a segment of St.
Petersburg College's instructional program in Business
Technologies. Courses are designed to give the student hands-on
experience in microcomputer utilization and specific
professional and business applications. Courses are offered for
college credit at one credit hour.
Weekday Business Person's
Specials - The Business Person's Specials computer and business
applications courses also are available at various times
throughout the week. Courses are offered for college credit at
one credit hour.
Cost and
Registration | College Credit and Grading
Information
Equipment
| Class Meeting Times
Campus Information | Mailing List
Information
Course
Descriptions | Current Session Class
Schedules
Cost
and Registration
The cost of each course is the
normal college charge for tuition, $69.69 per credit hour, lab
fees of $23.20 and one-time college application fee of $35.00.
Regular college registration procedures apply. Required
textbooks, diskettes or CD's, and Scantron sheets (when
necessary) must be purchased prior to class in the
bookstore on the campus at which the class is held. The drop
deadline is 2:00 pm on the Friday before the start of classes.
College Credit and Grading Information
Each class carries college-level
credit. For those wishing to receive credit for the course, the
student must complete the class, a test and an outside project.
Missing two or more hours of class time can result in a grade of
"W" (withdrawal) for the WCI class.
Grading
Policy for Weekend Computer Institute Classes
During the first class session, all students must select one of
the following grades options. No changes are permitted.
Grading
Option and Effect
Letter Grade (A, B, C, D
and F)- Student earns college credit. The grade received will
affect overall grade point average positively or negatively.
Students must complete all assigned in-class performance
exercises, a quiz / test, and assignments. Student will earn
a letter grade based on the grade scale identified in the course
syllabus.
Pass (P) Fail (F) -
Student earns college credit with a passing grade. The grade
received will not affect grade point average. Students must
complete all assigned in-class performance exercises, a quiz /
test, and assignments. Student will earn a passing grade
("P") with 60% or greater performance. Student will earn a
failing grade ("F") with less than 60% performance.
Equipment
Classes are taught with a variety
of computer hardware. The ratio of computers to students is
one-to-one.
Class
Meeting Times
All Campus's for WCI ~
Saturdays 8am-5pm
Weekend Computer Institute
classes meet two consecutive Saturdays for a one-credit class.
Business Person's Specials
meet at various times throughout the week for a one-credit
class.
How
to get on the WCI mailing list
Three times a year, Business
Technologies mails out brochures listing all available WCI
classes for the upcoming session.
If you would like to be on the WCI mailing list, you may
contact:
Course
Descriptions
NOTE: Some courses such as COP1822 - Web Page Creation and
COP1829 - Web Graphics are offered using different software;
thus be careful when registering to choose the correct class
number for the version you want. (Example: COP1822 - Web Page
Creation/Dreamweaver or COP1822 - Web Page Creation/HTML).
ACCESS (CGS 1540)
- Using this program, the student will learn how to
plan, create, use and change databases.
BASIC COMPUTER/INFO
LIT (CGS 1060) - This course is designed to develop
computer and information literacy skills to help students become
active participants in the Information Age. It will consist of 2
hours of Windows, terminology and file management; 3 hours
Microsoft Word; 3 hour Microsoft Excel; 4 hours electronic
research, critical thinking and analysis; 4 hours Internet
browser and search engines, effective searching and evaluating
sites.
EXCEL (CGS 1510) -
A study of spreadsheets using the Excel software
package. Topics include: creation of spreadsheets, calculation,
graphing of data, and creation and printing of reports.
INTERNET ORIENTATION (OST
1793) - An introductory course designed to acquaint
students with basic use of the Internet, Netscape, and the World
Wide Web, understanding the terminology, using electronic mail
on the Internet, finding files in Gopherspace, downloading
information and conducting research.
MS WORD (CTS 2760)
- An introductory word processing course utilizing
Microsoft Word. Students will be introduced to creating,
formatting and printing documents. Other topics include the use
of style sheets and special features such as multiple columns
and document merging.
OUTLOOK (OST 1741)
- This course develops advanced skills in a powerful
desktop information management (DIM) program that assists in
organizing work schedules, tracking files and communication with
others. Students will use high level skills of Microsoft Office
software suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) to create
integrated planners, various integrated applications files and
multi-user information sharing through DIM.
PHOTOSHOP (OST 1810) -
Adobe PhotoShop is the industry-standard application for
photo-realistic graphics, in print and on the Web. This
introductory course teaches students the basics of PhotoShop
including file formats, cropping, resizing, selection tools,
filters, text and layers.
POWERPOINT (CGS 1520)
- A course designed to teach the use of graphics
software to generate a variety of graphs for presenting or
analyzing business data.
WEB GRAPHICS -
FIREWORKS (COP 1829) - Macromedia Fireworks is a
graphics program that enables you to create, edit, and optimize
images for use on the Web. You can also import and edit images
of various file types, export images, to different file formats,
and create dynamic Web site components.
WEB GRAPHICS - FLASH
(COP 1829) - Macromedia Flash is an
industry-standard application for creating animation on the Web.
In this introductory course, students will learn the basics of
the Flash application, including drawing and modifying an image,
symbols, layering and creating simple actions.
WEB PAGE CREATION -
DREAMWEAVER (COP 1822) - Macromedia Dreamweaver is
an industry-standard HTML editor. Students will be introduced to
the program's interface, working with HTML directly and via the
WYSYG editor, handling images, forms, tables, inserting media
and site management.
WEB PAGE CREATION -
HTML (COP 1822) - This course is designed to
introduce an experienced computer user to the tools necessary to
create a Web site. Students will be exposed to the protocol and
vocabulary of Web production, and apply HTML to the development
of a World Wide Web site.
WINDOWS XP (CGS 1930)
- Students will learn 32-bit architecture,
multi-tasking, multi-processing and Windows XP subsystems. They
also will learn the control panels, print manager and Windows
Explorer.
Current Session Class Schedules
http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/csb/Spring_2007/CSB_WCI.pdf
