Computing for Academic Purposes

Course Authors: Scott Campbell, Biwen Guo, Hu LanDate Last Modified: October 2nd 2021
Languages: Translation in progressCourse Under Development

The Computing for Academic Purposes course is designed to give students the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in academia or commercial enterprise. This course was designed based on input from university student support centres and from reports from Fortune 500 companies which indicated what skills students and graduates needed to succeed. Based on this data we have developed a course that is specifically designed for high-school students. In short, this course focuses on research skills, skills based competencies for productivity applications such as Microsoft Office, problem solving skills, and basic coding. Moreover, key aspects of what students will be learning from other courses at the same time will also be reinforced in meaningful ways.

学术计算机课程旨在为学生提供在学术界以及商业领域取得成功所需的技能和知识。本课程的设计基于大学生支持中心的投入以及《财富》500强企业的报告，这些报告指出了学生和毕业生成功所需的技能。基于这些数据，我们开发了一门专为高中生设计的课程。简而言之，本课程侧重于研究技能、基于技能的生产力应用程序（如Microsoft Office）能力、问题解决技能和基本编码。此外，学生在其他课程中学到的技巧和技能也将在本课程中得到加强。

For example, a number of equations from the US Algebra 2 curriculum, and AP economics are reinforced in the unit on Microsoft Excel. This gives student a chance to learn how these equations can be used in practical situations while also learning about financial literacy and developing software competencies at the same time.

例如，美国代数2课程和AP经济学的一些方程式在Microsoft Excel的单元中就得到了很好的应用，这使学生有机会学习如何在实际情况中使用这些方程式，同时学习金融知识和开发软件能力。