Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

Indicative Content: User Centeredness and Advocacy; Information Assurance and Security; IT Systems Model;
Management of Complexity (Abstraction, Modelling, best Practices, Patterns, Standards, Use of Appropriate Tools);
Adaptability; Professionalism (Life-long Learning, Professional Development, Ethics, Responsibility, Interpersonal
Skills, Data versus Information).
Reference Books:
i. J. A. Senn, Information Technology: Principles, Practices, Opportunities, Pearson Education, 2003.
ii. D. Cyganski, and J. A. Orr, Information Technology: Inside and Outside, Prentice Hall, 2001.
iii. E. Turban, K. R. Rainer, and R. E. Porter, Introduction to Information Technology, Whiley and Sons Inc.,
2007.
iv. J. Baschab, J. Piot N. G Garr, The Executive's Guide to Information Technology, Whiley and Sons Inc.,
2007.
v. E. G. Walters, The Essential Guide to Computing: The Story of Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc.,
2000.
vi. L. Snyder, Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities, 3rd edition, Addison-
Wesley, 2007.
vii. B. Williams and S. Sawyer, Using Information Technology, Career Education, 2009.
CSC 1106 Programming Methodology I (3 CU)
Course Description: The course is to create a strong base in the principles and practice of functional programming.
A high level programming language lie C is to be used. The students are to cover both theoretical principles and
hands on practical skills. The main concepts to cover include Programme structure, data structures, syntactical and
semantic correctness, planning and segmentation in programming as well as working with data files. The aims of the
course are to provide the student with: Comprehensive knowledge about structured oriented programming;
Knowledge in planning and organization of programming projects; Knowledge and techniques of evaluating
syntactic and semantic correctness of a computer Programme and; Strong practical basis in programming.
Indicative Content: Programme structure; Variables and Operators; Conditional statements; Looping statements;
Arrays and strings; Functions; Advanced data types; Pointers; Dynamic memory allocation and dynamic structures;
Working with files and GUI.
Reference Books:
i. B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, C Programming Language, 2nd edition, 1989.
ii. S. P. Harbison, C: A Reference Manual, 5th edition, 2004.
BIS 1200 Information Systems in Business (3 CU)
Course Description: The course covers the integration of Information and Communication Technologies into
organizations and their working practices, from design and implementation to strategic effects. Drawing on
Information Systems (IS) and Management literature, the course offers a chance for students to examine case studies
of IS successes and failures and to explore ’real-world’ IS management issues.
The course aims to provide students with knowledge for understanding the integration of business and technology
resources to facilitate effective and efficient realization of an organization’s mission and objectives.
Indicative Content: An information systems model: An Information System uses the resources of people,
hardware, software, data, and networks to perform input, processing, output, storage and control activities that
covert data resources into information products; Role of Information Systems in an organization; the shift from data
processing Systems via information Systems to knowledge-Based Systems; How information and knowledge add
value to an organization; Information Systems Trends; the Information Technology component of Information
Systems; Information Systems Engineering. Strategic planning: Organizational strategies and objectives; Human
resource development: budgeting, costing, charging, hire versus buy decisions; Hardware and software procurement:
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