ET1202 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Version 1.2)
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2012/2013 Sem 1 Module Name & Code: Fundamentals of Computer & Information Systems (ET1202) TEACHING SCHEDULE Week No.
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LECTURE
Blended Tutorial and Lab
WS 1 WS 2 WS 3 WS 4 WS 5
Recommended Readings (Chap subsection)
2 3
4 5 6 7 8-10 11 12 13
1. The era of the knowledge worker 2. Computer architecture & selection 3. Information System Input & Output 4. Networking and the World Wide Web 5. Database technology Make up / Revision Mid-Semester Test Week
1-1, 1-2, 6-1 1-5, 1-6, 4-2, 4-3 5-3, 5-4, 5-1, 5-2 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 8-2, 8-1
Lab Test 1 (All classes cancelled except GEMs)
3 weeks vacation break 6. Computing as the competitive WS 6 advantage 7. Software on computers 8. Software development concepts 9. The Internet and driven by IT 10. Emerging technologies 11. Information Security, ethics and privacy Case Study Discussions WS 12 WS 13 WS 14 WS 15 WS 16 Lab Test 2 (Demo on case study)
9-1, 9-2, 9-3 2-1, 2-2, 2-4 10-1, 10-2, 10-6 3-1, 6-4, 6-5 1-3, 1-4, 3-4, 8-3, 9-1
14 15 16
17
18 Semestral Exam
Make up / Revision 2 weeks Semestral Examination
1
ET1202 Fundamentals of Computer & Information Systems
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmwZ96 _Gos
Introduction
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Books
• Text book: Larry Long and Nancy Long (2004), Computers
Links: 6 ENIAC (1946) History – Second Generation Mark I Mainframe (1950’s)