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Foreign Language & Computer Proficiency

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All Texas State students must fulfill their foreign language and computer proficiency requirements prior to graduation. Many students meet this requirement through high school coursework or college coursework.

Foreign language proficiency

Computer proficiency

Test out of CIS 1323

You also have the option to test out of CIS 1323. This will be through the McCoy College of Business. The following is information from the McCoy College of Business:

The CIS 1323 Exam is given in software called Myitlab. Myitlab is a scenarios or performance based testing program. Myitlab will evaluate your software skills in EXCEL 2007, POWER POINT 2007 and ACCESS 2007 while you work on an application. It will ask you to perform various tasks (such as underlining a word, entering a formula in Excel, changing the size object in Power Point or Creating report in ACCESS) and it will monitor the steps you take to complete each task. It allows you to use any method (i.e., toolbars, menus, right-click, etc.) allowed by the application to complete the task.

This is an approximately two and half hour test and your progress through the examination is timed. Therefore, you should not take a break once you start the test. If you choose to take a break, you will lose valuable time since there is no way to stop the testing clock once it starts.
This is a closed book and closed notes examination. You may not use any supplementary material or any other help to assist you in this examination.
Please go to the Testing Center (lower level of Commons Hall) to pay the fee. Tests are administered at McCoy College of Business in Room 336.
Check with Dr. Vivek Shah (McCoy 457 -- vshah@txstate.edu - 245-2049) or Prof. Jim Keefe (McCoy 413 -- jk07@txstate.edu) regarding when the test will be administered. In recent history, the test was administered on Wednesday's at 3:30 pm in San Marcos, and Monday's at 3:30 pm in Round Rock.
When to take 1323 CBE
To sign up for the test:
- get blue form signed by Dr. Shah and confirm the test time
- pay testing fee at Testing Center and receive the password
- bring password at assigned test time to McCoy 336.
  
  You must sign up and pay at Testing Center at least 3 days before taking the test. You need to sign up as early as possible because there are limited number of tests are administered at any given time. Once the slots are filled no exceptions will be made.

Failure to take a test in thirty days will result in forfeiture of test fee.
You can only take test once during six-month period.
FREE PRACTICE TEST: You can take a practice test before you sign up for the "real test"
- Practice test has only 7 questions while real test has approximately 60 questions

You must pass the test with at least 70% score to receive course credit for CIS 1323. If you have any questions before, during, or after taking the exam please contact Dr. Vivek Shah (McCoy 457 -- vshah@txstate.edu) at 245-2049.

To take practice test (go to Testing Center – Commons Building or go to McCoy Hall 334/336)

1. Click on MyItLab icon.

2. Click on Students under Login on the left side.

3. Login as txstate-teststudent for user name and txstate08 for the password.

4. Click on a Testing Center 2009 - Shah link on the left side in the box.

5. Click on Course Content on tab.

6. Click View All Content.

7. Click on CIS-1323 CBE-Sample to take practice test.

You can also take practice test from any location since it is a web based test. You need Internet Explorer browser, Abode Flash player and High Speed Internet to take test. You may have to install an Activex Control when prompted.

1. Go to www.myitlab.com