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• Laws and regulations affecting a small business in Uganda: CAP and Local bye laws
• Sources of information and assistance; Trade association and other non-governmental sources; Local, state,
and federal governmental sources; Small business analysis
• Description of a comprehensive business plan; Reason for preparing a business plan; Types of business
plans; Form of business plan; Contents of a successful business plan.
• Outline of a business plan: Preparation of an executive summary; Establishment of company strategy;
Development of a marketing plan; Sales strategy; financial plan.
• Completion of the business plan; Writing the plan; Outside review of the plan.
• Social and Ethical Responsibility
Reference Books:
i. B. R. Barringer & R. D. Ireland, Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New ventures. Published by
Pearson-Prentice Hall. 1st edition, 2006.
ii. T. W. Zimmerer and N. M. Scarborough, Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management.
4th edition, 2005.
BIS 3102 Human Computer Interaction (3 CU)
Course Description: This course covers: Introduction to the interdisciplinary area of Human Computer Interaction
(HCI); the underlying principles of psychology, computer science and ergonomics that influence theory and practice
of HCI design and usage; specific topics will include: models of human information processing, organizational
structures and socio-technical approaches to information system design; design principles for dialogue management;
issues of systems user-ability; hypertext; natural language processing; virtual reality and multimedia applications.
The course aims to provide students with knowledge and skills in human factors with respect to interactive software,
characteristics of design processes, principles and guidelines of interface design, virtual environments with respect
to interfaces, corporate and business aspects of human computer interaction, interface aspects of response times and
presentation, interaction devices.
Indicative Content: Conceptual systems models; Interface design and evaluation; Systems engineering and systems
design factors; Assessments; Software tools; Virtual environments; Menus and dialogues; Command and natural
languages; Interface devices; Response times; Complexity; Information attributes; Human factors and attributes;
Tasks; Cognitive modelling; Function mapping; Hypermedia; Societal considerations and ethics and Internet/web
considerations
Reference Books:
i. A. Dix, J. Finlay, G. Abowd, R. Beale, Human Computer Interaction, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1997.
ii. A. Sears and J. A. Jacko, The Human – Computer Interaction Handbook, 2008.
iii. H. Sharp, Y. Rodgers and J. Preece, Interaction Design: Beyond Human Computer Interaction, John
Wiley & Sons; 2nd edition, 2007.
CSC 3103 User Interface Design (4 CU)
Course Description: The course introduces the principles of user interface development, focusing on design,
implementation and evaluation. The course aims at providing the skills listed below to students: Developing
efficient, flexible and interactive User Interfaces (UI); Provide ability to identifying system users, the tasks they
want to carry out and the environment in which they will be working; Creating conceptual designs; Designing
various kinds of UI, in particular graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and websites; evaluating UIs; Appreciation of
realities of developing usable UIs in an organization.
Indicative Content: Usability; User-Centered Design; UI Software Architecture; Human Capabilities; Output
Models; Conceptual Models and Metaphors; Input Models; Design Principles; Paper Prototyping; Constraints and
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