Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives This subject is intended to significantly develop a student's skills in the development of spreadsheets in civil engineering, including macro programming, consolidate programming skills and improve their ability to use one of several computer packages typically used by civil engineers.
Synopsis Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic, Basic hardware and operating system software for personal computers (DOS, Windows, Novell network), Internet facilities such as e-mail, news, telnet, ftp, gopher, www and a range of other microcomputer software, such as Microsoft Word, hypertext, databases, mathematics packages, graphics, expert systems (at an awareness level).
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 50% + Practical work: 50%