Social Science 5
Introduction to the Internet

Spring 1999

Sect 1, Monday 2:00-2:50, Butte 211
Sect. 4, Wednesday 2:00-2:50, Butte 211
Sect. 5, Wednesday 3:00-3:50, Butte 211
Sect. 6, Wednesday 4:00-4:50, Butte 211

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Instructor: Office: Office Hours: Phone: E-Mail:		Frederica Shockley Butte 603A M 5-6 & M - Th 1 - 2; Others by appointment 898-6138 shockley@rocko.csuchico.edu

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Course Objectives:    The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the Internet and to teach the tools necessary to access the immense information available on-line. Students will get hands-on experience using e-mail, transferring files, and searching the Internet for data and text which are useful to the college student in general and the social science student in particular. Students can use the knowledge obtained in this class to keep up with future developments in the rapidly evolving Internet and to pursue course related research throughout the University.

Disclaimer:    Until I find a way to FTP from my brain to yours or I discover the secret of Vulcan mind meld, (2.5 MB AVI) part of the responsibility for learning about the Internet will be yours.

On-Line Glossary:    GLOSSARY OF INTERNET TERMS

On-Line Manual:    MANUAL OF UNIX COMMANDS

Web Publishing Guide:    Lemay, Laura, Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in a Week

UNIX Guide:     UNIX in a Nutshell, Daniel Gilly and the staff of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Assignments:    You will be given weekly internet assignments that emphasize the use of resources valuable for economics and other social sciences. Bring a 3.5" high density IBM type disk to class so that you can save any assignments that you start in class. Each week's assignment is due on or before 5 p. m. Friday. Late assignments will be penalized. No assignments will be accepted after class meets the following week.

Computer Access:    If you do not have a computer, you can use the computers in Butte 207, Butte 209 and Butte 211 or other computer labs located throughout the campus to complete your assignments.

Important Investment: If you do not have access to a non-obselete computer in your home, you should consider purchasing one. (Even if you don't take this class, a home computer will greatly increase your opportunities to acquire valuable labor market skills.) See the Financial Aid Office about a loan if you do not have the means to buy a computer.

Course Grade:    You may take this class for credit-no credit if you fill out the proper forms. Otherwise, you will receive a letter grade. I will ask each of you to select a 4 digit code, and I will post your grades with the code on a web page immediately after grading each assignment.

Rocko Account:    Please fill out an application for Rocko during your first class meeting. Be sure that you remember the login name and password that you request so that you can use your account during the next class meeting.

Week 1:   

Overview of the Internet

You will apply for a Rocko account and you will learn:

1.    A zillion ways people use the Internet
2.    What's in an Internet address
3.    What's on CSU Chico's Web Page

Assignment 1

Week 2:   

E-Mail

1.    To set your Netscape preferences for reading your e-mail on Rocko
2.    To send & receive e-mail using Netscape
3.    To make sure that your professor did receive that e-mail you sent
4.    To set up an addressbook using Netscape