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2026-2027 Catalog

OTEC 228 - Advanced Microsoft Excel


PREREQUISITES: OTEC 118 - Microsoft Excel .
PROGRAM: Office Administration and Technology
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 48
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2024

Continues the study of electronic spreadsheets in business. Emphasizes the advanced application of electronic spreadsheets. Students are required to demonstrate course objectives through the appropriate Microsoft certification examination.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:

  1. Import and export data to and from spreadsheets.
  2. Apply advanced number formatting techniques, and work with ranges.
  3. Customize spreadsheets for use in specific business situations.
  4. Work with queries on external data and XML Web queries.
  5. Perform “what-if” analysis and scenario management.
  6. Create and run macros in spreadsheets.
  7. Complete a comprehensive business project applying all the skills learned.
  8. Recognize special and/or advanced software features as they relate to software certification.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Importing and exporting data
  • Formatting numbers
  • Working with ranges
  • Customizing spreadsheets
  • Summarizing data
  • Analyzing data
  • Workgroup collaboration

 
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)