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Syllabus - Basic Computer and Information Science

The document provides details about the Basic Computer and Information Science course. It includes: 1) The course code, type, teaching hours, and prerequisite of Fundamentals of Computer. 2) The objectives of identifying computer hardware components, purchasing decisions, maintenance, how software and hardware work together, and different types of software. 3) The learning outcomes of understanding hardware components, operating systems vs applications, and effects of computer technology. 4) An outline of 3 modules covering introduction to computers and devices, MS Office apps, and operating systems, networks, and internet applications.

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Syllabus - Basic Computer and Information Science

The document provides details about the Basic Computer and Information Science course. It includes: 1) The course code, type, teaching hours, and prerequisite of Fundamentals of Computer. 2) The objectives of identifying computer hardware components, purchasing decisions, maintenance, how software and hardware work together, and different types of software. 3) The learning outcomes of understanding hardware components, operating systems vs applications, and effects of computer technology. 4) An outline of 3 modules covering introduction to computers and devices, MS Office apps, and operating systems, networks, and internet applications.

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DC-11- CUTM1742- Basic Computer and Information Science

Subject Name Code Type of course T-P-Pj Prerequisite

Basic Computer and CUTM1742 Theory 1-1-0 Fundamentals of


Information Science &Practice Computer

Objective

 Identify the function of computer hardware components.


 Identify the factors that go into an individual or organizational decision on
how to purchase computer equipment.
 Identify how to maintain computer equipment and solve common problems
relating to computer hardware.
 Identify how software and hardware work together to perform computing
tasks and how software is developed and upgraded
 Identify different types of software, general concepts relating to software
categories, and the tasks to which each type of software is most suited or not
suited.

Learning outcome

 Understand the fundamental hardware components that make up a


computer’s hardware and the role of each of these components.
 Understand the difference between an operating system and an application
program, and what each is used for in a computer.
 Describe some examples of computers and state the effect that the use of
computer technology has had on some common products

Course Outline

Module- I
Introduction to computer: introduction, characteristics of computer, block diagram of
computer, generations of computer. Types of Input output devices. Processor and memory:
The Central Processing Unit (CPU), main memory. Storage Devices.

Module- II

Introduction to MS-Word: introduction, components of a word window, creating, opening


and inserting files, editing a document file, page setting and formatting the text, saving the
document, spell checking, printing the document file, creating and editing of table, mail
merge. Introduction to Excel: introduction, about worksheet, entering information, saving
workbooks and formatting, printing the worksheet, creating graphs. Introduction to power-
point: introduction, creating and manipulating presentation, views, formatting and enhancing
text, slide with graphs.

Module- III

Introduction to MS-DOS: History of DOS, features of MS-DOS, MS-DOS Commands


(internal and external). Introduction of windows: History, features, desktop, taskbar, icons on
the desktop, operation with folder, creating shortcuts, operation with windows (opening,
closing, moving, resizing, minimizing and maximizing, etc.). Computer networks:
introduction, types of network (LAN, MAN, WAN, Internet, Intranet), network topologies
(star, ring, bus, mesh, tree, hybrid). Internet and its Applications: definition, brief history,
basic services (E-Mail, File Transfer Protocol, telnet, the World Wide Web (WWW)), www
browsers, use of the internet.

Suggested readings:

1. Objective Computer Awareness


2. Computer Networking (Global Edition)

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