Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies Course Outline

Semester 1

 

Course Name: Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies
Course Code: IT 150
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: None

Course Objectives:

This course focuses on a breadth-first coverage of the use of computing and communication technologies to solve real life problems; including computing environments, general application software like word processing, visual presentation applications, tabular data manipulation,  DBMS, WWW, Email management systems, Virus, Anti-Virus and Spam Protection; Introduction to the basic computing hardware (main building blocks), operating systems, data networks; software engineering and communication technology along with social and ethical issues. The course attempts to provide every student a set of productivity tools that they will be able to use for the rest of their lives.

  

Course Outline: 

Number Systems, Binary numbers, Boolean logic, History computer system, basic machine organization, Von Neumann Architecture, Algorithm definition, design, and implementation, Computer Software and Hardware,  Programming paradigms and languages, Graphical programming, Overview of Software Engineering and Information Communication Technology, Operating system, Compiler, DBMS, Computer networks and internet, WWW, web mail applications, Computer graphics, AI,  Viruses and Anti-Viruses, Use of office productivity tools, such as word processors, spreadsheets, presentation applications, etc., Social, Ethical, Professional and Legal Issues, and overview of the complete program of studies in computing and its structure.

 

Text Book:

1.    Introduction to Computers by Peter Norton, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill SiE, ISBN 0-07-059374-4.

2.      Discovering Computers Complete, 2013 Shelly Cashman series.

3.      Exploring Computers Complete 2012 by Floyd Fuller, Brian Larson

4.      Microsoft® Office Word 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft) by Joyce Cox and Joan Preppernau (Paperback - Jan 31, 2007)

5.      Joyce Cox and Curtis Frye and Joan Preppernau, Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 Step by Step, 2007. 6.      Joyce Cox and Joan Preppernau,  Microsoft® Office Word 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)), 2007. 7.      Joyce Cox and Joan Preppernau, Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)),  2007.

8      Steve Lambert and M Dow Lambert, Microsoft® Office Access(TM) 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)), 2007.

9)      Carl S. Chatfield, Timothy D. Johnson (2000), “Microsoft Project 2000 Step by Step”, Microsoft Press, ISBN: 0735609209.

 Reference Material:

1.    Computers: Information Technology in Perspective, 9/e by Larry Long and Nancy Long, Prentice Hall, 2002/ISBN: 0130929891.

2.    An Invitation to Computer Science, Schneider and Gersting, Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, 2000.

3.    Information System Today by Leonard Jessup, Joseph Valacich.

4.    Computers Today by Suresh K. Basandra.

Computer Science: An overview of Computer Science, Sherer.