CSE 1110: Introduction to Computing Technology
Course Description
A course of general interest giving experience with personal computer software, e.g., word processors and
spreadsheets; provides fundamental computer literacy; neither teaches nor requires programming.
Prior Course Number: CSE 100
Transcript Abbreviation: Intr Comptg Techn
Grading Plan: Letter Grade
Course Deliveries: Classroom, Greater or equal to 50% at a distance
Course Levels: Undergrad
Student Ranks: Freshman, Sophomore
Course Offerings: Autumn, Spring, Summer
Flex Scheduled Course: Never
Course Frequency: Every Year
Course Length: 14 Week
Credits: 3.0
Repeatable: No
Time Distribution: 2.0 hr Lec, 1.0 hr Lab
Expected out-of-class hours per week: 6.0
Graded Component: Lecture
Credit by Examination: No
Admission Condition: No
Off Campus: Never
Campus Locations: Columbus, Lima, Mansfield, Newark
Prerequisites and Co-requisites:
Exclusions: Not open to students with credit for 1111 or 1113.
Cross-Listings:
Course Rationale: Existing course.
The course is required for this unit's degrees, majors, and/or minors: No
The course is a GEC: No
The course is an elective (for this or other units) or is a service course for other units: Yes
Subject/CIP Code: 14.0901
Subsidy Level: General Studies Course
Course Goals
Be competent with understanding the role of computers in our society
Be competent with using four of the most popular kinds of software on the market: spreadsheets, database managers, presentation
graphics, and word-processing
Be familiar with using computer hardware by understanding how instructions are executed, information is input/output, binary no.
system, storage devices, telecommunications
Be familiar with using the computer as a tool for problem solving in many areas: business, manufacturing, medicine, art, education,
the military, government, etc
Be familiar with how computers have evolved, the history of the computer industry, and the dramatic speed at which computer
technology has evolved and continues to do so
Be familiar with security issues, computer crime, the implications of natural disasters on computers, inadvertent tampering, and
what can be done about each
Be exposed to social and ethical issues, including new social and ethical questions that need to be addressed because of computer
technology
