Microsoft Office Required Courses

This program will be modified for the 2024-2025 academic year. For the revised required courses, please refer to the 2024-25 required courses document in the drop-down menu above. The required courses, including course descriptions, will be updated below on June 1, 2024 or will be available to view in the 2024-2025 catalog Spring 2024.

Program Courses

MS PowerPoint

10103106

UGRD

| 1 CR

A complete presentation graphics course that allows you to produce professional-looking presentations. It gives you the flexibility to make informal presentations using overhead transparencies, electronic presentations, formal presentations using 35mm slides, or virtual presentations. Additionally, you can create paper printouts, outlines, speaker notes, and audience handouts.

MS Outlook

10103125

UGRD

| 1 CR

This course introduces the basics of Microsoft Outlook. Participants will use e-mail, calendar, files, and other features to effectively manage business and personal information.

MS Word A

10103146

UGRD

| 1 CR

This is the first course in a sequence that develops foundational skills in the use of Microsoft Office Word features to efficiently and effectively produce business documents. Students will apply Microsoft Word skills to solve practical problems in a project-based format. Explore best practices in document layout, collaboration, tables, reports, desktop publishing basics, themes, sort, styles, and references. Recommended computer foundations: Windows competency, including solid file management skills; ability to key 30 WPM. This course will use Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 365.

MS Excel A

10103151

UGRD

| 1 CR

This is the first course in a sequence that develops foundational skills in the use of Microsoft Office Excel features to efficiently and effectively produce business spreadsheets. Students will apply Microsoft Excel skills to solve practical problems in a project-based format. Activities will work on creating a spreadsheet, incorporate appropriate formulas and functions to report accurate data, and chart results. Recommended computer foundations: Windows competency, including solid file management skills; basic math fundamentals. This course will use Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 365.

MS Access A

10103162

UGRD

| 1 CR

Learners create, edit, sort, and query a database. They also learn how to create and print basic forms and reports.

Advanced Document Applications

10103184

UGRD

| 2 CR

This is the second course in a sequence that develops advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Office Word features to efficiently and effectively produce business documents. Students will apply Microsoft Word skills to solve practical problems in a project-based format. Explore best practices in document layout, collaboration, tables, mail merge, desktop publishing, themes, templates, forms, sort, styles, references, captions, and macros. Recommended computer foundations: Windows competency, including solid file management skills; ability to key 30 WPM. This course will use Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 365. COREQUISITE: 10103146 MS Word A

Advanced Spreadsheets and Analytics

10103185

UGRD

| 2 CR

This is the second course in a sequence that develops advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Office Excel software. Students will use spreadsheet software apply advanced features, manage data using PivotTables, and macros. Use software to solve and analyze various business situations. Recommended computer foundations: Windows competency, including solid file management skills; ability to key 30 WPM. This course will use Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 365 for Windows. COREQUISITE: 10103151 MS Excel A

Software Integration

10106128

UGRD

| 1 CR

This course is designed to integrate computer applications. Participants will prepare and enhance documents using word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation graphics software. PREREQUISITES: 10103106 MS PowerPoint, 10103146 MS Word A, 10103184 Advanced Document Applications, 10103151 MS Excel A, 10103185 Advanced Spreadsheets and Analytics, and 10103162 MS Access A.