Course Content

• Basic Computing Concepts
  • The Computer System
  • The Basics of Computing
  • Social Implications of Computing
  • Internet Applications
  • Data Representations
  • Different Types of File Representation
• Digital Logic
  • Logic Gates
  • Boolean Algebra
• Computer Architecture
  • Overview of the Organization of a Computer System
  • The System Bus
  • Memory
  • I/O Subsystem
  • CPU
  • Registers
  • Overview of some CPU design issues
  • I/O Peripherals
• Algorithmic Problem Solving and Programming
  • Definition and Analysis of Problems
  • Designing a solution to the Problem
  • Features of Programming Languages
  • Testing
  • Documentation
  • Language Translators
• Assembly Languages
  • Assembly Language Instructions
  • Instruction Groups
  • Instruction Formats
  • Addressing Modes
  • Assembler
• Operating Systems
  • Types of Operating Systems
  • Memory Management
  • File Management
  • Handling of I/O operations
• Networking and Communications
  • Point-to-point Connections
  • Computer Networks
  • Network Topologies
  • Media Access Methods
  • Switching Techniques
  • Communication Protocols
  • International Network Standards
  • Network Access and Security
  • Interconnection of LANs
  • Integration of Internet and WWW-related nProtocols and Terminology

• Language Translators
  • Formal languages
  • The syntax of a formal language
  • The semantics of a formal language
  • The compilation process
  • Language translators
• Systems Analysis and Design
  • Identification of the problem
  • Feasibility studye
  • Information processing Requirements
  • Analysis
  • Design
  • Implementation and Testing
  • Maintenance
• Introduction to Data Structures and Imperative Programming
  • High Level Languages
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Data Types
  • Conditional
  • Looping Structures
  • Other Structures
  • Functions and Procedures
  • Stacks
  • Linear Lists
  • Linked Lists
  • Circular Lists
  • Double Linked Lists
  • Queues
  • Binary Trees
  • Hash Tables
  • Sorting Algorithms
  • Searching Algorithms
  • Files
• Databases
  • Database Management Systems
  • Database Models
  • Relational Databases vs. Traditional File Systems
  • Relational Databases
  • Entity-Relationship Modelling
  • Normalisation
  • Database Applications
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)

Projects

• Programming