This service learning program will help you build Excel skills and improve professional communication and collaboration by completing a service project with a real organization.
Lead
Kathleen McCarty
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Grading
P/N
Maximum enrollment
30
NACE competencies
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Teamwork/collaboration
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Digital technology
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Professionalism/work ethic
Credits
Registration options
Start terms
Offered online
Yes
Learning outcomes
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Understand and demonstrate basic functions of MS Excel (create and format spreadsheets and workbooks, organize and sort data, use functions to analyze data, produce visualizations of data)
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Apply and extend relevant academic coursework, disciplinary knowledge, theories, and skills to community contexts
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Utilize critical and systems thinking to analyze how actions and decisions will impact diverse stakeholders
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Communicate professionally both orally and in writing
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Enhance interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with others including professional networks
Content / knowledge / concepts
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Understanding career readiness and articulating skills to employers
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Professional communication and collaboration
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Excel skills: (Entering and managing data, mathematical computations, formulas and functions, charts and data presentation, workbooks and multiple sheet files)
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Critical thinking and connecting skills and activities to discipline
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Using ePortfolios to manage relevant artifacts/projects and showcase skills and abilities
Course experiences
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Working with a community partner to solve a real world problem
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Learning Excel tools and functions by using practical examples and sample data sets
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Completing self assessments and reflections on professional readiness
Assessment activities
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Digital portfolio
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Reflections
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Discussion entries
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Short assignments
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Program assessment
Additional info
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Kinesiology students will sign up for KIN 206 PROJECT:EXCEL IN ACTION.
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Students in majors outside of kinesiology will sign up for H 206 PROJECT:EXCEL IN ACTION.
Note Department approval required. Please complete the online form to indicate your interest and someone will follow up with you to discuss the program.
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