Essential Skills for a Computing Major

Danielle Bernstein

Succeeding in Computing involves being competent in many areas: some you learn in prescribed classroom activities, others you learn outside of class by being part of the computing community.
Here are some skills, technical and professional, that may not have been taught formally in your courses. I look forward to receiving feedback from you.

Technical Skills

• Word Processing
• Spreadsheets
• Searching databases
• Graphics
• Email
• Searching/Browsing the Web
• Unix commands
• Manipulating Windows (with ease)
• Creating a simple WWW home page

• Learning from printed material
• Learning from the computer screen
• Writing memos, documentation, letters
• Explaining your work to others
• Working with others on a project
• Keeping up with the computing and Information System news