COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBA 1203 FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Faculty Of Business

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SABRI ERDEM

Offered to

International Business and Trade
Economics
International Relations
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to provide an introduction to acquaint students with computers as tools of information processing and their applications. Students will be familiar with computer hardware, software and telecommunication devices. They may easily understand the features of the technological instruments used at the area of information technologies. They will be able to make applications related to the word processor, spreadsheets, and databases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts of computer software and hardware components.
2   Demonstrate an understanding of telecommunication devices.
3   Make applications related to the word processor, spreadsheets, and databases.
4   Demonstrate awareness of fundamental information technologies.
5   Generate applications from real data and events.
6   Be able to solve problems involving understanding of the functional and algebraic concepts in Excel.
7   Evaluate relationships among data entities to design integrated database.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamentals of IT Lecture slides and sample cases in the textbook will be used.
2 Representing data, system units, hardware components Lecture slides and sample cases in the textbook will be used.
3 Operating system software and internet Lecture slides and sample cases in the textbook will be used.
4 Word processing applications: text properties, file options, constructing table, table properties. Computer applications and additional handouts
5 Word processing applications: constructing figures, figure properties, equation editor Computer applications and additional handouts
6 Presentation applications, Homework presentations Computer applications and additional handouts
7 Spreadsheet applications: cell properties, general formulations Computer applications and additional handouts
8 Spreadsheet applications: statistical formulations, conditional formatting options Computer applications and additional handouts
9 Spreadsheet applications: data filtering options, drawing charts Computer applications and additional handouts
10 Homework presentations, Database design and applications: entity reltionships, attributes Computer applications and additional handouts
11 Database design and applications: database components Computer applications and additional handouts
12 Homework presentations Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Text Book: Computers Are Your Future, Catherine La Berta Eleventh Edition, 2011, Prentice Hall.
2. Online course materials
3. Lecture Slides

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
Lectures will cover the transfer of IT concepts and special solutions over computer applications.
2. Computer applications
Lectures will take place in computer labs and concurrent applications can be performed with the theoretical parts.
3. Homeworks
Homeworks will be assigned based on the chapters including word processing, presentation, spreadsheet applications, and database design.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 QZ Quiz
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.30 + QZ * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.30 + QZ * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Attendance performance of the student may be added as an extra point to the related project.
2. Each assignment will be evaluated either individually or group based.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to participate elearning platform.
2.Violations of Plagiarism of any kind will result in disciplinary steps being taken.
3.Assignment files will be submitted online.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sabri.erdem@deu.edu.tr, guzin.kavrukkoca@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Final 1 6 6
Midterm 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14
LO.22
LO.351
LO.4
LO.54
LO.63
LO.73

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