Course Outline:

Fundamentals Of
Information
Technology

IT(162)

Department of Information Technology, University of Gujrat

Course Code
Course Title
Credit Hours
Lecture
Pre-requisite

IT-162
Fundamentals Of Information Technology
3
1.5 hours
Introduction to Computing

Text Books

Cyganski, David, John A. Orr and Richard F. Vaz, Information

Technology Inside and Outside, Pearson Education, 2001
Information Technology: Principles, Practices, and
Opportunities (3rd Edition) by James A. Senn (Author), Prentice
Hall; 3 edition (December 1, 2003), ISBN-10: 0131436260

Reference Book

Introduction to Information Technology (2/ed)

Turban, E., R. Rainier, Jr. and R. Potter
2003 John Wiley and Sons

Instructors

Kashif Aman Ullah

kashif.amanullah@uog.edu.pk
Course
Objectives
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Can make conformance the analogy of real worlds applications of
Information Technology to its core Concepts.
Students will gain literacy in the underlying principles and vocabulary of
Information Technology
Explore the core concepts for the field of Information Technology
Explain how information is used in the organization
Describe how information technology can be tied together to improve the
organizations.
Familiarize with the information systems development process.
Discuss how computing is integrated with high speed communication
links in Information technology applications like GSM, GPS, Satellite and
Radio Communications?
Explore the scope of Information technology in the information age.
Introduce the concepts of IT project Management.
Learn MS Visio Professional 2007.
Provide solid background on the applications of IT and discover its impact
on numerous areas through several fundamental examples.
Introduce the role of international Bodies of IT discipline.
Explore technical, legal, ethical issues related it Information Technology in
a Global perspective.

COURSE OUTLINE
Week# Course Description
Course Policies/Overview/Course Contents/Course Objectives
01
Introduction to Information Technology

What is Information Technology?

Evolution of Information Technology

Components of Information Technology

Information Technology Timeline

Information Age and Information technology impacts on lives

Benefits if Information Technology

Cost of Information Technology

Comments for next Class.

02

Introduction to Information and Communication Systems

Types and forms of Information

Analogue and Digital Information

Information Systems communication modes

Comments for next class

Human and Machine Information Processing System.

What is Data and Information?

Types of Data and Data Processing

Data Processing life Cycle

Types of Data Processing

Computer Processing Operations

03

Information Systems

Computer based Information Systems

Expert System (ES)

Components of CBIS

Types of Information Systems

Knowledge Management Cycle

Discovering Knowledge

Generating Knowledge

Evaluating Knowledge

Sharing Knowledge

Leveraging Knowledge

04

Information Systems in Organizations

Organizations and Information Systems

Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture and Change

Reengineering and Continuous Improvement

05

06

Competitive Advantage
Benefits of IS in an organization

Impact of Information Technology on business World

What is Electronic Commerce?

Types of Electronic Commerce

Benefits of E-Commerce

Electronic Exchange

Comments for next class

Mobile Commerce

Technology Needed for Mobile Commerce

Technology Infrastructure required to Transaction Processing Systems

Traditional Versus Online Transaction Processing

Phone Systems

Analog and Digital Phone System

Analog Versus Digital Phone Systems

POTS ( Plain Old Telephone System)

Public Switched Telephone Networks(PSTN)

Comments for next class
Satellite Systems

What Satellite?

What is Concept of Orbits

Components of Satellite System

Types of Satellites

Applications of Satellites

Comments for next class

07

08

09

10
4

Internet and World Wide Web (WWW)

Internet Components & Technologies

HTML (Syntax, Examples, Practice)

Create a simple static website using HTML

Midterm Exam

Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) (Continued)

Internet Components & Technologies

HTML (Syntax, Examples, Practice)

Create a simple static website using HTML

Radio Communication System

Radio Frequency.
Electromagnetic Spectrum.
Radio Communication System.

What

11

is GPS?
How does GPS work?
Components of GPS.
Applications of GPS in IT discipline
Comments for next class

Developing Information Technology Projects.

The Systems Development Life Cycle

Different approaches System Development

Steps involved in SDLC

Comments for next class

Launching Information Technology Applications Projects

Impact of IT Applications.

Systems Development

Project Management

Project Proposal

Steering Committee Review

The System Analyst

12

13

14

Managing Information Technology Projects

Tools for ITPM.

Demonstrating MS Visio Professional 2007.

Using Visio Templates

Drawing Visio Shapes.

Homework assignments.

Technical Issues in Information Technology

Information Security a critical issue

Types of Security Breach

Security Measures

Reliability another Critical Issue

Ensuring IT Service Reliability

Social

And Ethical Issues in Information Technology

Code of Ethics of the Information Technology
What is Privacy?
E-mail Privacy

15

16

Software Licenses
Software Copyrights
Intellectual Property Ownership

Organizing Bodies working for IT discipline

Computer Society (IEEE-CS).

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Career paths of IT discipline

Class Presentations/Final Quiz
Final term Examination

Grading Policy:
1
2
3
3
4

Assignments

10%

Quizzes

5%

Presentations

10%

Mid term

25%

Final Exam

50%

0.1; 10%
0.5; 50%

0.05; 5%
0.1; 10%
0.25; 25%

Important notes:
Quizzes:
A number of quizzes will take place in the class to measure the learning progress of the
students. These quizzes will be announced or unannounced.
Plagiarism Policy:
During this course a strict no tolerance plagiarism policy will be adopted. While collaboration
in this course is highly encouraged, you must ensure that you do claim other peoples
work/idea as your own. Plagiarism occurs when the words, ideas, assertion, theories, figures,
images, programming code of others is presented as your own work. Failing to comply with
plagiarism policy will lead to strict penalties including zero marks in assignments.
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