CISM 1131 - Computer Survival Skills (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course provides a survey and instruction in the use of modern systems and applications software routinely used in personal, academic, and organizational computing. The purpose of the course is to aid students in becoming familiar and proficient in using common software and Internet tools. The topics address a wide variety of software available to manage personal computers; create, format, edit, convert, acquire, distribute and manage various PC and Internet file types; use and manage Web based communication like email, FTP, IM, Chat and Blogs; effectively and efficiently use the Internet to search, acquire, research and manage Web-based content, data, and information; use established informational Web-sites for research. Other topics include PC and Internet security and risks, and recent developments in technologies and software that affect the typical computer user. This course is not a substitute for either CISM 1110, CISM 1120, or CISM 2530.