COURSE OUTLINE

Lecturer:

Sharin Hazlin Huspi

Course Objectives:

* To identify the requirements and job specification in brief for a career in IT.

* To describe the hardware and use of basic productivity software for small office home office computers.

* To explain different types of information systems and the lifecycle of information systems.

* To explain the fundamental issues related to security in computer networks especially related to the Internet and WWW.

Course Policy:

* Attendance must be more than 80% otherwise not eligible to sit for final exam.

* Plagiarism is completely disallowed (0 mark!!)

* Re-examination is only given for those who are ill and certified by the doctor.

Course Assessment:

* Online Quiz : 10%

* Assignments (report) : 10% (2 – 5% each)

* Project : 20%

* Presentation : 10%

* Test 1 : 15%

* Final Exam : 30%

* Participation : 5%

Reference:

* Computing Essentials – Complete 2011, by O` Leary, O`Leary. McGraw Hill (Text Book).

* Shelly, G.B., Cashman, T.J. & Vermaat, M.E., (2010) “Discovering Computers 2010 Complete”, Thomson Course Technology.

* Computing Essentials – Complete 2010, by O` Leary, O`Leary. McGraw Hill.

* Beekman, G. & Quinn, M. (2008) “Tomorrow`s Technology and You, Complete” 8th Edition, Pearson.

* Daley, B.A., (2008) “Computers Are Your Future, Complete”, Pearson