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Mug ShotTomSpinName: Dr. Thomas E. Beach

Classes: Astronomy and Information Technology

UNM-LA Phone: 662-5919 ext. 605
Home Phone: 505-672-0249

UNM email: tbeach@unm.edu
Personal email: ThomasBeach@mindspring.com

Office Hours for Spring 2011: Office #623F
---Monday, 2:00 - 5:00 PM
---If I'm not in 623F, check in 412 or 638 where I might be helping students.

Some Classes That I Teach at UNM-LA...

Pretty Spiral Galaxy Astronomy 101
is a 3 credit course covering:
  • Motions of the Sky
  • History of Astronomy
  • Telescopes & Spectra
  • Our Solar System
  • The Sun and other stars
  • Black holes and pulsars
  • Galaxies and quasars
  • The Universe and Big Bang

Astronomy 101L
is the 1 credit lab course including:

  • Using telescopes
  • Learning the constellations
  • Simulations with Voyager
  • Typical astro calculations

APPLE!

I'm a fan of Macintosh computers.

If you have questions about the Macs
at UNM-LA, ask me.

I teach the following Mac classes:

CT125 Introduction to Macintosh

  • Learn to use the Macintosh operating system
  • Learn about Mac hardware and terminology
  • Hands-on intro to a wide variety of Mac software
    • Word Processing (Microsoft Word)
    • Spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel)
    • Simple Graphics
    • Web Publishing (Dreamweaver)
    • and more

CT126 Microsoft Word on the Macintosh

  • Learn Word Processing using MS Word
  • Basics of character, paragraph, and page level formatting
  • Intro to some advanced formatting features
  • Perfect for letters, reports, and resumes

CT127 Microsoft Excel on the Macintosh

  • Learn about spreadsheets: Loved by financial and business types; also great for scientists, engineers, and ordinary humans.
  • Removes the drudgery of numerical calculations
  • Format your numbers and results for clear presentation
  • Great for budgets or business calculations
  • Perfect for making plots, charts, and graphs

CT122 Introduction to Microcomputers on the Macintosh

  • 3 credit course
  • Intro to the basics of microcomputer operating systems and hardware
  • Learn to use the Macintosh operating system
  • Hands-on, in-depth introductions to:
    • Word Processing, using Microsoft Word
    • Spreadsheets, using Microsoft Excel
  • Brief introduction to other Mac software: Simple Graphics, Integrated Software, E-mail, and more

I also teach classes on the PC, including...

CT102 Introduction to Microcomputers on the PC

  • 4 credit course
  • Intro to the basics of microcomputer operating systems and hardware
  • Learn to use the Windows operating system
  • Hands-on, in-depth introductions to:
    • Word Processing, using Microsoft Word
    • Spreadsheets, using Microsoft Excel
    • Databases, using Microsoft Access
  • Brief introduction to Internet software: Web browsers and E-mail.

Web Technology Classes

IT165 and CT165 Web Authoring

  • Create web sites without knowing HTML
  • This class was previously taught with GoLive, but we have now switched to Dreamweaver
  • Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced
  • No, this ancient page wasn't created in GoLive or Dreamweaver...
  • ...but you can see some that were on the botom of this page.

IT145 Web Design: HTML and CSS

  • Creating web pages with (X)HTML and Cascading Style Sheets
  • Putting your pages on a web server
  • Web page design concepts

Send mail to me at: tbeach@unm.edu

LAST UPDATE: 01/18/2011 7:00 PM