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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS YBS 4026 OPEN SOURCE AND FREE SOFTWARE ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Management Information Systems

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

Management Information Systems

Course Objective

Inform about philosophy of open source and Information systems benefiting from open-source,and software projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining the philosophy of open-source 2   information about free software licenses 3   Having experience about components and steps when developing free software 4   Support enterprise problems with open source projectsand make suggestion

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Philosophy of Open Source 2 History of Open Source 3 Free Software 4 Free Operating Systems 5 Free Operating Systems 6 Sample Free Software 7 Sample Free Software 8 Mid-Term 9 Mid-Term 10 Sample Free Software 11 Licensing and Legal Requirements 12 Current Issues 13 Current Issues 14 Current Issues

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook:Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing,Andrew M. St.Laurent,O Reilly Media,2004 Subsidiary Textbooks:Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software,Joseph Feller,Brian Fitzgerald,Scott A. Hissam and Karim R.Lakhani,The MIT Press,2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 2 24 Tutorials 12 2 24 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 5 5