This course will serve as an introduction to some of the fundamental principles of building design and land planning. You will prepare plans representative of building construction and land development commonly used in the architectural, engineering, surveying and construction fields. The emphasis will be on the end result: Preparing complete and professional plans. Through this, you will acquire basic skills in designing and plan layout required by these industries. We will approach this material by designing and drafting using computer software (AutoCAD). Another end outcome is that you will gain a certain level of competency with this AutoCAD software, a program used by the majority of the firms in these professions.

Measurement of thermodynamic properties, chemical kinetics, and methods of determining the structure of matter.

A comprehensive examination of spreadsheet software. Students will build a variety of spreadsheets using simple and complex formulas, functions, graphics, database features, sorts, linkages within spreadsheet and between spreadsheets, and macros. Basic Algebra and knowledge of computer operating system required. This course is valuable for all Business students and Computer Science Students. It provides competency and fluency in the standard software used for business analysis and as a link between large computer software systems and the end user.

The course is designed to provide students with a sound background in structured programming logic and design. These foundational concepts can be applied regardless of which programming languages a student eventually uses to write programs. The demonstration language for programming concepts will be Microsoft Visual Basic. The course covers the key mathematical and logical constructs that are the basis of much programming. Topics include the software development life cycle, particularly the programming phase; structured programming techniques; problem-solving and algorithm development; decision control structures, including selection (IF/CASE) and repetition (looping) structures; variables and arrays; and data structures. Proficiency in Excel is necessary for success in this course.