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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

TE 101 - Computer Applications in Telecommunications


Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to provide students with a basic orientation to computer hardware and to teach the implementation of Microsoft Office software and other applications used in networking, telecommunications, and normal business environments. Students will become proficient with using the computer as a personal productivity tool while learning the latest Microsoft Office software. The topics will include the use of the Windows operating system; file management, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Laboratory exercises will be required.

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

  • explain the differences between operating system software and application software;
  • explain how to view, organize, move and rename files using the current Microsoft operating systems;
  • use various software packages to create documents, spreadsheets, graphs, databases and presentations;
  • recognize the procedure to obtain help and online help for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint software;
  • describe the procedure to cut, copy and paste text using Microsoft Word software;
  • describe the procedure to create and insert a table into a using Microsoft Word document;
  • understand and explain the difference between relative and absolute cell references in Microsoft Excel;
  • explain how to produce a chart from data using Microsoft Excel;
  • describe the procedure for creating a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint; and
  • explain how to insert text, clip art, pictures and charts into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation;
  • present current and emerging technologies in telecommunications to a residential or commercial client; and  
  • address fair use of copyrighted materials and media in an academic environment.


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