1990-1991 Academic Catalog

Business Administration Building The resources of the computer center include two laboratories, one for minicomputer use and the other for microcomputer use. The minicomputer area contains a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 11nso. Eighteen terminals provide access to a variety of software, including compilers (BASIC, C, FORTRAN, and COBOL), a statistical package (MINITAB), and several computer-assisted instruction packages. The VAX is also accessible via dialup lines and (for residents of Brock Hall) by data-switch connection. The microcomputer area features twenty-two IBM-compatible microcomputers operating on a Novell network. Microcomputer software includes MULTIMATE word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, and database. Additional computer resources are located in the Business Administra– tion building (microcomputer laboratory-see posted hours), the Centen– nial Library (IBM-compatible and Apple microcomputers), the Science Center (computer design laboratory-see posted hours), and microcompu– ters in some dormitories. Opened in the fall of 1987 and featuring the latest in instructional tech– nology, the Business Building contains general classrooms, the career plan– ning and placement center, a microcomputer center, and offices and class– rooms for the department of business administration. Designed like a cor– porate center and fully computer-supported, this facility is designed to prepare Cedarville students for competent service in the world of business. Science Center The Science Center demonstrates the College's firm commitment to providing top-quality Christian education in the sciences, featuring one of the largest reflecting telescopes in the state of Ohio. In addition to contain– ing offices for science department faculty, this facility contains several general classrooms. The nineteen laboratories found in this building con– tain a vast array of scientific equipment utilized by science, mathematics