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COMP 0834: Introduction to the Internet
Effective date
September 2015
Department
College & Career Access
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course covers the basic skills necessary to effectively use the Internet as an information and communications tool. Students learn how to display, navigate and print web pages as well as how to find information on specific topics and assess the reliability of the information. They learn to save files, images, text and entire web pages to disk. Students create and use an email account for writing, replying to, forwarding and storing email messages. A zip utility is used to zip and unzip files for faster transferability across the Internet.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Grade 10 Equivalency
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
None
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 36
Total Hours: 36
Total Hours: 36
Instructional Strategies
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
Evaluation Plan
None
Course topics
None
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.