CIT 155 - Excel Spreadsheets Credits: 3 3 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: Basic skills using a personal computer and Windows operating system, keyboarding and basic exposure to Microsoft Office. Ability to effectively manage Windows files and folders.
Description This course is a comprehensive use of electronic spreadsheets in solving business and technical problems using Microsoft Excel. Students learn through applied and project-based activities that go beyond the mechanics of the software. It engages students to utilize critical thinking activities for applied learning and problem solving. Topics include preparation of a variety of documents and mastery of specialized software functions. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Organize and create effective worksheets and workbooks with formulas and functions.
- Create and modify charts.
- Create and manage formal Excel tables for problem solving.
- Create and modify PivotTables and PivotCharts.
- Use What-If analysis with data tables, Goal Seek, Scenario Manager and Solver.
- Use advanced statistical functions.
- Create structured worksheets, supporting problem-solving.
- Work with large volumes of data and import data from various sources.
- Collaborate on and distribute workbooks.
- Create and use templates and create and run macros.
- Locate and download Web data and successfully integrate it in Excel-based projects.
Listed Topics
- Introducing Excel
- Formulas and functions
- Charts
- Structured Excel datasets and tables
- Subtotals, PivotTables and PivotCharts
- What-if analysis
- Specialized functions
- Multiple-sheet workbook management
- Imports, web queries and XML
- Collaboration and workbook distribution
- Sharing data with other office applications
- Using data validation
- Templates, styles and macros
- Locating and downloading data collections from the World Wide Web
Reference Materials Instructor-approved textbook and materials. Approved By: Johnson, Alex Date Approved: 05/01/2012
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