Las Positas College - Spring 2025 - Class Schedule

SPRING 2025 9 25. 424. 1 000 | l p c - a d m i s s i o n s @ l a s p o s i t a s c o l l e g e . e d u S P R I N G 2025 - C O U R S E L I S T I N G S Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. punctuation marks. Speed building and accuracy improvement. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 71A with a minimum grade of C CIS 71C SKILLS IMPROVEMENT 1.0 Units Development of keyboarding skill for those students who have learned the location of the keys on the keyboard by touch and are ready to increase speed and accuracy. Practice keyboarding control of speed and accuracy on straight copy, rough draft copy, and copy with numbers, and symbols. Skill progress is measured by keying text within specified time limits. Students should know the location of the keys on the keyboard before attempting this course. This course is the third module in a sequential series of beginning keyboarding instruction. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 71B with a minimum grade of C CIS 73A TEN-KEY SKILL DEVELOPMENT 1.0 Units Skill development on the computer numeric keypad, electronic calculator including use of memory functions, and data entry using spreadsheets. CIS 74 OFFICE PROCEDURES 3.0 Units Introduction to office principles, procedures, and technology. Topics include telephone skills, office equipment, working effectively in a teamenvironment, records management, customer service, meeting/event planning, postal/shipping services, utilizing the internet for on-line services and resources, using appropriate software to complete common tasks, written and oral business communications, conflict resolution, and office etiquette. Prepares administrative professionals to work in a diversified workforce with emerging technologies. (Formerly BUSN 74.) Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 8 and CIS 71C with a minimum grade of C. CIS 79 MEDICAL OFFICE PROCEDURES 3.0 Units Medical office principles and procedures to include telecommunications, scheduling appointments, office equipment, medical documents and word processing, managing medical records, recordkeeping, expense reports, petty cash, billing, postal services, health insurance, coding, and utilizing the Internet for online resources. The importance of medical ethics in application of professional office behavior. Overview of medical law and careers in medical office environment. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 8 and CIS 88A with a minimum grade of C CIS 81C COMPUTE ENGINES FOR CLOUD 3.0 Units In this course, students explore how cloud computing systems are built using a common set of core technologies, algorithms, and design principles centered around distributed systems. Students will use current cloud platforms such as AWS, AZURE to provision, load-balance and scale their applications. The course discusses, from a developer perspective, the most important reasons for using cloud computing and examines the underlying design principles of scalable cloud applications. Strongly Recommended: CIS 81A with a minimum grade of C CIS 82A AWS CLOUD PRACTITIONER PREP 2.0 Units This introductory course provides an overview of cloud concepts, Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services, basic security, architecture principles, pricing, and technical support. Students gain an overall understanding of the AWS Cloud, independent of specific technical roles. Review of core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud. This course prepares students to pursue becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner using official AWS Academy Cloud Foundations material. Strongly Recommended: CIS 81A with a minimum grade of C CIS 88A INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WORD 1.5 Units Develop the skills needed in the workplace to produce common business documents, such as letters, resumes, flyers, and reports. Topics include document creation and editing; use of Microsoft Note, Outlook, cloud storage and cloud processing. Emphasis is to design, produce and integrate documents, worksheets, databases and professional presentations. The use of import/export, copy/ paste, and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) to integrate, share, and collaborate data within and between applications. Software: Students are eligible for FREE, Microsoft 365 Education. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 50 CIS 55B ADVANCED MS OFFICE SKILLS 2.0 Units Using a project-based, problem-solving approach, this course focuses on advanced features and integration of the core applications in the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access). Strongly Recommended: CIS 55 with a minimum grade of C CIS 59C WEB PROGRAMMING - JAVASCRIPT 3.0 Units Develop client-side, interactive webpages using JavaScript and/ or jQuery scripting languages. Write JavaScript scripts that manipulate with the JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM), control program flow, validate forms, animate images, target frames, and create cookies. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 59 CIS 62 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3.0 Units Using the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and the Agile SCRUM framework, learn the basic characteristics of projects and project management, with emphasis on the five PMBOK project process groups of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing and the nine knowledge areas of project integration. This introductory course covers the terminology you will need to know, how all the project management processes are linked together, the key areas of expertise you need to know to manage projects successfully. This course focuses on developing project management skills needed in typical technical and business environments. Objectives of project management industry certifications including Project+, CAPM, PMP will be reviewed. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 60 with a minimum grade of C CIS 66 NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS 3.0 Units This course provides an introduction to computer networking fundamentals skills needed to meet the industry demand for entry-level Network Technicians. Topics include: Ethernet network fundamentals, Local Area Networks (LANs), andWide Area Networks (WAN) technologies, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, wiring implementations, network adapters and connectivity devices, IPv4/IPv6 addressing, Voice over IP (VoIP), and wireless standards. Tools to help prevent cyber-attacks with IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), authentication, and encryption are demonstrated. Student labs include: configuration of a SOHO (Small Office/Home Office), a firewall, a virtual private network (VPN), a switch, and a router and documenting a networking using professional drawing software. The responsibilities of an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) professional will be introduced. This course prepares students for the CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam. This professional certification verifies the student has the knowledge equivalent to that of an ICT technician with about 12 months of hands-on experience. Students who have completed or are enrolled in CNT 52 may not receive credit. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 50 with a minimum grade of C CIS 71A KEYBOARDING (THE ALPHABET) 1.0 Units Introduction to the alphabet letter keys on the computer keyboard for touch-typing. Learn basic keyboarding techniques for accuracy and speed. This course is the first in a series of sequential courses in keyboarding instruction. Students are advised to take these courses in sequence for best training results. CIS 71B KEYBOARD (NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS) 1.0 Units Introduction to the numbers and symbol keys on the computer keyboard for touch typing. Reviewof alphabetic keys and common