Essential Computer Skills And Reporting

In this introductory level course, students will develop computer and research skills required of a tourism professional. Computer terminology and Windows operations including the basic functionality of, Microsoft Explorer, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applications will be covered. A major focus will be to identify how these applications can be used within tourism office settings to maximize efficiency in documentation creation and management. Students will research, evaluate and report information collected from different sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context.