Computer Application to Business

Instructor Javed Ahmed – Assistant Professor – PhD Fellow NU-FAST Karachi Campus – HEC Scholar Indigenous PhD Scholarship Research Travel Grants – Visiting Faculty NU-FAST, IBA, ICMAP, BAQAI, PAF-KIET – An other Feather in my Cap ERASMUS MUNDUS (European Union Scholarship)

Students It is all about you

Course This is an introductory course on ICT. Topic included – ICT terminologies – Hardware and Software components – Internet and World Wide Web – ICT based applications Detailed Outline

Course Outcomes After completing this course, a student will be able to: – Understand different terms associated with ICT – Identify various components of a computer system – Identify the various categories of software and their usage – Define the basic terms associated with communications and networking – Understand different terms associated with the Internet and World Wide Web. – Use various web tools including Web Browsers, clients and search utilities. – Use text processing, spreadsheets and presentation tools – Understand the enabling/pervasive features of ICT

Text & Reference Books “Introduction to Computers” by Peter Norton, 6th International Edition (McGraw Hill) “Using Information Technology: A Practical Introduction to Computer & Communications” by Williams Sawyer, 6th Edition (McGraw Hill). “Computers, Communications & information: A user's introduction” by Sarah E. Hutchinson and Stacey C. Sawyer “Fundamentals of Information Technology” by Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon.

Grading Plan Hourly Exams40% Assignments5% Quizzes5% R.R + Presentation10% Final Exam40%

Quiz (level Assessment) Define any of the following terms – Hardware – Freeware – RAM – Bus – Operating system – Antivirus – Modem

Second Opinion Your expectation from the course.

Information Sharing As per objective of the course, we will make use of ICT for this course as well. So, information sharing will take place through googlegroup for this course.

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