Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

Reference Books:
i. R. Plant and S. Murrell, An Executives Guide to Information Technology: Principles, Business Models,
and Terminology, Cambridge University press, 2007.
ii. S. Gordon, Computing Information Technology: The Human Side, IRM Press, 2003.
BIS 1102: Business Statistics (3 CU)
Course Description: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should: Understand, and be able to
apply to real problems, the fundamental concepts of statistical thinking; Be able to appropriately apply basic tools of
data gathering, analysis and communication to real problems; Be able to integrate basic tools into an overall
approach to scientific inquiry.
Indicative Content: This unit covers simple and compound interest, time value of money, annuities, present and
future values, data classification and terminology, describing and displaying data, probability and probability
distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, index numbers and time series,
computer analysis of data using MINITAB and EXCEL.
Reference Books:
i. D. R. Anderson, D. J. Sweeney, T. A. Williams, and J. Freeman, Statistics for Business and Economics,
Thomson Learning; European edition, 2006.
ii. M. G. Sobol, Statistics for Business and Economics: An Action Learning Approach (McGraw-Hill series in
quantitative methods for management), 1982.
CSC 1100: Computer Literacy (4 CU)
Course Description: In this course, students are to learn about the basic organization, concepts and terminologies in
a computerized environment. They are also to get an in depth understanding of common computer applications. The
use of related applications in different operating systems will be explored. The aims of the course unit are to: Equip
students with basic knowledge about computer organization; Equip students with skills of using common office
applications; Expose students to different operating systems; Equip students with skills of how to use the Internet;
and equip students with knowledge about common text editors in different operating systems. On completion of this
course unit, the students will be able to: Describe the different parts of a computer; describe the historical evolution
of computers; Competently use the common office applications in at least two operating systems and competently
use common text editor in at least two operating systems.
Indicative Content: General computer organisation; Historical perspectives of computing; common Microsoft
office packages; office packages in other operating systems; text editors; Common Linux and Using the web.
Reference Books:
i. J. Preston, R. Ferret and S. Gaskin, Computer Literacy, 2007.
ii. J. Janrich and D. Oja, Practical Computer Literacy, 2001.
BIT 1100: Website Development & Internet Technology (3 CU)
Course Description: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should: Differentiate between the
Internet and the World Wide Web; Understand basic Internet technologies such as DNS, email services, HTTP and
LDAP; Create, publish and maintain websites using Microsoft FrontPage / Dream weaver;
Indicative Content: This course will provide an understanding of the basics of the Internet, how it originated, how
it works, and how to develop and maintain Web sites using HTML editors and site management tools such as
FrontPage and/or Dreamweaver. It will provide a basic understanding of Internet related technologies and
introductory skills in Web applications. It will introduce basic Internet technologies such as DNS, email services,
LDAP and the HTTP protocol. The practical part of this course will introduce tools and techniques for specifying
and prototyping interactive World Wide Web applications based on HTML.
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