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Mc - 05 Feb 2005 19:34 GMT

How do you normally call a subject at school or college where Word, Excel
etc are taught?

a) IT course
b) IT System.
c) Informatics
d) something else.

If d), please say how.

Thanks!

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Owain - 05 Feb 2005 19:42 GMT

| How do you normally call a subject at school or college where Word, Excel
| etc are taught?
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| d) something else.
| If d), please say how.

If it's taught as those subjects only, probably Microsoft Office
Course/Training. Those subjects might be taught as part of Business Studies,
Secretarial Studies, or the ECDL - European Computer Driving Licence.

Owain

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Mc - 05 Feb 2005 20:01 GMT

> If it's taught as those subjects only, probably Microsoft Office
> Course/Training. Those subjects might be taught as part of Business Studies,
> Secretarial Studies, or the ECDL - European Computer Driving Licence.
>
> Owain

I wouldn't like to put Microsoft in the name . . . and it's part of general
subject taught to all students (no matter what their course of study,
business, IT, civil/mechanical engineering etc).

Mc

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einde. ocallaghan - 05 Feb 2005 20:35 GMT

>>If it's taught as those subjects only, probably Microsoft Office
>>Course/Training. Those subjects might be taught as part of Business
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> subject taught to all students (no matter what their course of study,
> business, IT, civil/mechanical engineering etc).

"Computer Skills" might do, or simply "Computing".

IT (Information Technology) isn't appropriate since that is the study of
how computers and programming work. Informatics also is inappropriate
since it is also about programming, not simply using a computer.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Mc - 05 Feb 2005 20:53 GMT

> > I wouldn't like to put Microsoft in the name . . . and it's part of general
> > subject taught to all students (no matter what their course of study,
> > business, IT, civil/mechanical engineering etc).
> >
> "Computer Skills" might do, or simply "Computing".

IT (Information Technology) isn't appropriate since that is the study of
how computers and programming work. Informatics also is inappropriate
since it is also about programming, not simply using a computer.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

Computer skills sounds OK. I will use, it's nice, simple, clear! Thanks.

I know about IT but to tell you the truth I wasn't sure about Informatics. .
. I looked it up, but I saw that many Croatian faculties translate the same
course as 'Informatics' which I didn't like.

Thank you once again!

Mc

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Django Cat - 05 Feb 2005 22:03 GMT

>How do you normally call a subject at school or college where Word, Excel
>etc are taught?
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>
>Thanks!

In the British state Educational System, teaching of IT Skills is
called ICT - Information and Communications Technology.
DC

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John Ramsay - 06 Feb 2005 17:20 GMT

> How do you normally call a subject at school or college where Word, Excel
> etc are taught?
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Thanks!

Introduction to Computers or Computer Basics
at school level. More advanced courses
can specialize in Access, Excel, Computer
Programming, etc.

At university level the 1st course is called
Introduction to Computer Science but assumes
the student knows the basics.

As others have noted IT is a more complicated issue.

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Mc - 06 Feb 2005 18:10 GMT

> Introduction to Computers or Computer Basics at school level. More

advanced courses can specialize in Access, Excel, Computer

> Programming, etc.
>
> At university level the 1st course is called Introduction to Computer

Science but assumes the student knows the basics.

> As others have noted IT is a more complicated issue.

Thank you all for your suggestions!

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