Short Term Classes

CIS 200, 230: Choose MS-Word, Excel, Access, or PowerPoint, and learn at your own pace!

Begin with CIS 200 and progress to CIS 230 as you gain in-depth knowledge and skill with Microsoft applications.

  • Just starting out with computer software applications? Have limited experience and need upgrade your skills? Enroll in CIS 200.
  • Feel comfortable learning at your own pace? Enroll in CIS 230.
  • Start out with CIS 200 (first 8 weeks) then build your skills with CIS 230 (second 8 weeks).

 

Short-term CIS Courses for Spring 2018:

 

CIS 42A, 2 Units – Spreadsheet Applications I

1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab (GR or P/NP).
Recommended preparation: CIS 1 or 200.
Principles of electronic spreadsheets using features available with currently popular spreadsheet software: Worksheet creation and formatting; entering data, formulas, and functions; editing and printing; basic charting; basic database functions of sorting and querying.

Section B1L, Code #23614, Instr. Staff

First Eight-week Session: 1/22/17 – 3/16/18
Lec: 1:30 – 4:20 pm, T; BCC, Rm. 312
Lab: 1:30 – 4:20 pm, Th; BCC, Rm. 312
Recommended Preparation: CIS 1 or 200
8-Week Class Begins Tuesday, 1/23/18

 

CIS 42B, 2 Units – Spreadsheet Applications II

1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab (GR or P/NP).
Prerequisite: CIS 42A (may be taken during same term as CIS 42B during the first 8-week session). Acceptable for credit: CSU
Principles of electronic spreadsheets using features available with currently popular spreadsheet software: Financial functions, logical functions, forecasting trends, lookup tables, “pivot tables”, graphic design for financial statements, statistical operations (regression analysis), macro programming.

Second Eight-week Session: 3/19/18 – 5/17/18
Lec: 1:30 – 4:20 pm, T; BCC, Rm. 312
Lab: 1:30 – 4:20 pm, Th; BCC, Rm. 312
Prerequisite: CIS 42A (may be taken during same term as CIS 42B during the first 8-week session)
8-Week Late Start Class Begins Tuesday, 3/19/18

 

CIS 105, 1 Unit – Mechanics of Web Page Design

1 hour lecture (GR).
Recommended preparation: CIS 237. Acceptable for credit: CSU.
Basic theory and practice of web page construction using HTML and authoring tools: Preparation of images for the web, interface design, and interactivity.

Section B1, Code #23608, Instr. Juan Herrera

Lec: 1-4:50 pm, S; BCC, Rm. 312
Recommended Preparation: CIS 237
Class Begins Saturday, 4/28/18
Late Start Class Meets Four Saturdays Only: 4/28, 5/05, 5/12, and 5/19/18

 

CIS 200, 1.5 Units – Computer Concepts and Applications

1 hour lecture, 2 hours lab (GR or P/NP)
Introduction to computer concepts: Terminology, word processing, spreadsheets, database management, presentation graphics, and the Internet.

Section B1L, Code #24103, Instr. Staff

Second Eight-week Session: 3/19/18 – 5/17/18
Lec: 6-7:50 pm, W; BCC, Rm. 322
Lab: 8-8:50 pm, W; BCC, Rm. 322
Lab: 6-8:50 pm, M; BCC, Rm. 312
Late-start 8-Week Class Begins Monday, 3/19/18

 

CIS 230, 0.5 Unit – Laboratory Practice in Microcomputers

Section B1L, Code # 24139, Instr. Staff

Second Eight-week Session: 3/19/18 – 5/17/18
Lab: 6:00 – 8:50 pm, M; BCC, Rm. 312
Recommended Preparation: CIS 200
Late-start 8-Week Class Begins Monday, 3/19/18

 

CIS 231, 1 Unit – Advanced Laboratory Projects in Word

Section B1L, Code # 24189, Instr. Staff

Second Eight-week Session: 3/19/18 – 5/17/18
Lab: 6:00 – 8:50 pm, W; BCC, Rm. 312
Recommended Preparation: CIS 1
Late-start 8-Week Class Begins Wednesday, 3/19/18
Contact BCC-CisBusEcon@peralta.edu to apply.