The objective of this course is to provide the skills necessary to efficiently develop analytical spreadsheets in MS Excel that meet professional standards. Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to develop Excel spreadsheets that meet critical elements of style so that the worksheet is readable, change-tolerant and correct; create charts that are appropriate for the purpose and meet generally accepted quality standards; perform data analysis to explain, summarize and interpret data; audit a spreadsheet that may have been developed by someone else.