Course Content

• The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Today
  • Data and Information
  • Computer-related crime
  • Data protection legislation
  • ICT in the modern society
  • Health and Safety
• Information Systems in Organisations
  • Role of Information systems in Organisations
  • Information systems life cycles
  • Implementation issues of IS in organisations
  • Expert systems
  • Data and data capture
  • Data validation and verification in IS
  • Data loss and recovery methods
  • ICT related legislation in organisations
  • Training issues
  • Project Management
  • Codes of practice in organisations
• Information: The tools requires to handle it
  • Computer system
  • Microprocessor
  • Input devices
  • Storage devices
  • Output devices
  • Networks in organisations
  • Processing modes
  • User interface in IS
  • Number base systems
  • Data representations
  • Validation and verification techniques
  • Number representations
• Information Policy, Strategy, and Systems
  • Information policies and strategies
  • Security mechanisms
  • Security of data
  • Network security
  • Computer networks
  • HCI aspects
• Human Communication
  • Introduction to Communication
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
  • Visual communication
  • The Internet as a Human Communication Medium
  • Internal communication in an organisation
  • External communication in an organization
  • Use of Communication Technologies in a business organisation
  • E-business
  • User support systems
• Organisations
  • Formation of organisations
  • Types of organisations
  • Characteristics of organisations
  • Organisational Structure
  • Introduction to Functional Areas
  • Activities carried out by various Departments
  • Documentation
  • Managing Change

• Information in Organisations
  • Information
  • Information security-risks and protection
  • IS strategies within organizations
• Categories of Software
  • Software categories
  • System Software
  • Application software
  • Operating System (OS)
  • Software Capabilities
  • Software Evaluation
• Generic Software
  • Word processing
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
• Database Systems
  • Introduction to Database systems
  • Relational Tables
  • Tools in database packages
  • Traditional file systems vs database systems
  • Database management system
  • Conceptual model
  • Normalisation
  • Structured Query Language
  • Database Organisations
  • Shared and Distributed database systems
• Internet-Related Software
  • Introduction to the Internet
  • Internet utility software
  • WWW
  • Internet protocols
  • Security problems
• Programming Techniques
  • Generations of Programming languagues
  • Programming paradigms
  • Imperative paradigm
  • Object oriented paradigm
  • Structured programming techniques
  • Problem solving techniques
  • Error types & Debugging
• System Development
  • Planning
  • Analysis Problem Identification and Investigation
  • Feasibility Study
  • System and information requirements
  • Design
  • Implementation and testing
  • Maintenance
• Exercises
  • Guidlines on Exercises
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
  • Programming Assignments
  • The Documentation

Projects

• Spreadsheet
• Databases
• Programming