Computer Science and Computer Engineering 115
Solve it with the Computer!



Tentative Schedule
Fall 2006
Revised 11/11/06

ProblemSolving.ppt
Date Topic Reading Due
Sep 6 Wed Introduction to the course and Excel Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 1  
11 Mon Introduction to Excel Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 1  
13 Wed Calculations in Excel, Simple and compound interest Look up definitions of simple and component interest.  
18 Mon Relative and absolute addressing, spreadsheet design, academic integrity Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 2
http://www.cs.plu.edu/courses/csce115/fall06/csce115syl.html
http://www.plu.edu/print/handbook/code-of-conduct/academic-integrity.html
Lab 1
20 Wed Topics from Chapter 2 Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 2  
25 Mon Functions including Average, Min, Max, Count, If, charts
Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 4, pages 184 - 188, Chapter 3 Lab 2
27 Wed Graphs and Charts Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 3  
Oct 2 Mon Loan analysis, amortization schedules
The PMT, FV, PV and other functions
Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 4 Lab 3
4 Wed More on Financial Functions and other functions, protection, borders Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 4 Group project proposals
9 Mon VLookup and HLookup, Sorting Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 4 Lab 4
11 Wed VLookup and HLookup, Sorting Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 4  
16 Mon Gauaer and Barber, Chapter 4, Review Review materials Lab 5
18 Wed Exam one Covers Excel, loans and savings  
23 Mon Basic XHTML 1.0 and web pages Web Wizzrd's Guide to XHTML, Chapters 1 and 2
or http://www.goer.org/HTML/ (Introduction and Basic (though Colors) sections)
Lab 6
25 Wed Intermediate XHTML 1.0 Web Wizzrd's Guide to XHTML, Chapter 3  
30 Mon Advanced XHTML 1.0 Group project presentations Web Wizzrd's Guide to XHTML, Chapters 3 and 4 Lab 7 
Nov 1 Wed XHTML wrapup
Group project presentations
   
6 Mon Problem solving
Statistics
ProblemSolving.ppt
stat1.ppt
Lab 8
8 Wed Statistics stat1.ppt Individual project proposals
13 Mon Normal Curve stat2.ppt
Normal Curve Links
 
15 Wed Normal Curve
Review of Statistics
stat2.ppt Lab 9
(Due Thursday)
20 Mon Exam two Covers XHTML, Statistics  
22 Wed Thanksgiving vacation No class  
27 Mon Normal curve stat2.ppt Lab 10
29 Wed Individual project presentations    
Dec 4 Mon Individual project presentations    
6 Wed Review   Lab 11
Dec 13 Wed Final Exam: comprehensive

This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change by the instructor.

For more information, contact James Brink
brinkje@plu.edu

Last Updated: 11/11/2006

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