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including specific procedures for infants and toddlers and procedures regarding childhood illnesses the windows environment are emphasized. This course produces institutional, non-transferable
and communicable diseases. credit only and will not satisfy the requirements for degrees or certificates.
CHD 208. ADMINISTRATION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 3 hrs. CIS 113. SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. 3 hrs.
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
This course includes appropriate administrative policies and procedures relevant to preschool programs. This course provides students with hands-on experience using spreadsheets software. Students will
Topics include local, state and federal regulations; budget planning; record keeping; personnel policies develop skills common to most spreadsheet software by developing a wide variety of spreadsheets.
and parent involvement. Upon completion, students should be able to identify elements of a sound Emphasis is on planning, developing, and editing functions associated with spreadsheets.
business plan, develop familiarity with basic record keeping techniques, and identify elements of a
developmentally appropriate program. CIS 117. DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. 3 hrs.
CHD 209. INFANT AND TODDLER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 3 hrs. PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. This course provides students with hands-on experience using database management software. Students Descriptions Course
This course focuses on child development from infancy to thirty-five months of age with emphasis will develop skills common to most database management software by developing a wide variety
on planning programs using developmentally appropriate materials. Emphasis is placed on positive of databases. Emphasis is on planning, developing, and editing functions associated with database
ways to support an infant or toddler’s social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. Upon management.
completion, students should be able to plan an infant-toddler program and environment that is appro- CIS 130. INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 3 hrs.
priate and supportive of the families and the children. PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
CHD 210. EDUCATING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. 3 hrs. This course is an introduction to computers that reviews computer hardware and software concepts
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. such as equipment, operations, communications, programming and their past, present and future impact
This course explores the many different types of exceptionalities found in young children. Topics on society. Topics include computer hardware, various types of computer software, communication
include speech, language, hearing and visual impairments; gifted and talented children; mental retar- technologies and program development using computers to execute software packages and/or to write
dation; emotional, behavioral, and neurological handicaps. Upon completion, students should be able simple programs. Upon completion, students should be able to describe and use the major components
to identify appropriate strategies for working with young exceptional children. of selected computer software and hardware.
CHD 212. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 2 hrs. CIS 146. MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS. 3 hrs.
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
This course provides students with knowledge of a variety of issues and trends related to the childcare This course is an introduction to the most common software applications of microcomputers and
profession. Subject matter will vary according to industry and student needs. Upon completion students includes “hands-on” use of microcomputers and some of the major commercial software. These soft-
should be able to discuss special topics related to current trends and issues in child development. ware packages should include typical features of office suites, such as word processing, spreadsheets,
CHD 214. FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION database systems and other features found in current software packages. Upon completion, students
PROGRAMS. 3 hrs. will understand common applications and be able to utilize selected features of these packages.
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. CIS 150. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LOGIC AND PROGRAMMING . 3 hrs.
This course provides students information about working with diverse families and communities. PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
Students will be introduced to family and community settings, the importance of relationships with This course includes logic, design, and problem solving techniques used by programmers and analysts
children, and the pressing needs of today’s society. Students will study practice techniques for de- in addressing and solving common programming and computing problems. The most commonly
veloping these important relationships and effective communication skills. used techniques of flowcharts, structure charts, and pseudocode will be covered and students will be
CHD 215. SUPERVISED PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 3 hrs. expected to apply the techniques to designated situations and problems.
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
This course provides a minimum of 90 hours of hands-on, supervised experience in an approved pro- CIS 196. COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS. 3 hrs.
gram for young children. Students will develop a portfolio documenting experiences gained during PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
this course. Students must have permission of the Department Chair. This is a “hands-on” introduction to software packages, languages, and utility programs currently in use,
CHD 224. SCHOOL-AGE CHILDCARE. 3 hrs. with the course being able to be repeated for credit for each different topic being covered. Emphasis
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. is placed on the purpose, capabilities and utilization of each package, language of program. Upon
This course is designed for caregivers/teachers providing programs for children age 5-12 in their before completion, students will be able to use the features selected for the application covered.
and after school care needs. The course provides information on developmental profiles, discusses CIS 199. NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS. 3 hrs.
family concerns, and includes a variety of activities that caregivers can adopt to provide an educational PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading.
and stimulating program. This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of computer networks. Emphasis
is placed on gaining an understanding of the terminology and technology involved in implementing
COMPUTER SCIENCE (CIS) networked systems. The course will cover the OSI and TCP/IP network models, communications
protocols, transmission media, networking hardware and software, LANs and WANs, Client/Server
CIS 096. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS. 3 hrs. technology, the Internet, Intranets and network troubleshooting. Upon completion of the course, stu-
PREREQUISITE: Exemption from placement testing or appropriate placement scores in reading. dents will be able to design and implement a computer network. Students will create network shares,
This course is designed to introduce students to basic computer terminology, hardware, input/output user accounts, and install print devices while ensuring basic network security. The class will help
devices, memory, and processing. Students will learn basic keyboarding skills in addition to learning prepare students for the CCNA and Network+ certifications sponsored by CompTIA.
how to manage files. Windows as a graphical user interface and operations and applications that use