Mar 04, 2026  
GRCC Curriculum Database (2025-2026 Academic Year) 
    
GRCC Curriculum Database (2025-2026 Academic Year)
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CIS 155 - Microsoft Word


Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and use Microsoft Word in a hands-on environment. Students learn how to create tables and reports, work with templates, themes and styles, use mail merge, collaborate with others, and integrate data. 
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Computer Support Specialist, A.A.A.S., 
General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Create, edit, and format a Document.

  2. Demonstrate how to design Tables and a Multipage Report.

  3. Demonstrate how to use Templates, Themes, and Styles.

  4. Describe the use of Mail Merge.

  5. Customize Word and automate your work.

  6. Create Online Forms using Advanced Table Techniques.

  7. Explain how to manage document collaboration with others

  8. Create objects from other programs by embedding or linking the object.

  9. Explain how to edit linked data to affect chart display.

  10. Effectively organize communications ensuring there is a clear introduction and conclusion, the content is well sequenced, and there are appropriate transitions.  

  11. Use visual representations such as graphs, charts, or graphics to enhance the meaning of the message that is being communicated.  


Course Outline:
I.  Managing Your Files

II. Creating a Document

III. Editing and Formatting a Document

IV. Creating Tables and a Multipage Report

V. Enhancing Page Layout and Design

VI. Working with Templates, Themes, and Styles

VII. Using Mail Merge

VIII. Customizing Word and Automating Your Work

IX. Collaborating with Others

X. Integrating Data


Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-60%

Facilitated discussion: 0-20%

Group work: 0-10%

Lab work: 10-40%
Mandatory Course Components:
1. Twenty to twenty-five Word activities
2. On-line quizzes
3. Final Word project
Equivalent Courses:
None
Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None
Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 104607
Course CIP Code: 11.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
General Room Request: None
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: Yes
If yes, with which high schools?: Forest Hills Central High School, Forest Hills Eastern High School, Forest Hills Northern High School, Godwin Heights High School, Hudsonville High School, Jenison High School, M-TEC Lakeshore Campus, Newaygo High School, Northview High School
School: School of STEM
Department: Computer Information Systems
Discipline: CIS
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
The instructor must possess knowledge of the Office environment, 4000 hours of Office experience and be able to clearly explain all topics covered in the course so that the student will be able to understand the concepts taught.
Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-11 09:13:03
Course Review & Revision Year: 2024-2025



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