Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

Reference Books:
i. P. Loucopoulos and V. Karakostas, System Requirements Engineering, McGraw-Hill; 1995
ii. D. Leffingwell, D. Widrig, A. Wesley Managing Software Requirements, A Use Case Approach, 2nd
edition,: Boston, 2000.
iii. L. Chung, B. Nixon, E. Yu and J. Mylopoulos, Non-Functional Requirements in Software Engineering,
Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2000.
iv. A. M. Davis, Software Requirements: Objects, Functions, & States, Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, 1993.
v. R. H. Thayer and M. Dortman, System and Software Requirements Engineering: Tutorial, Editors, IEEE
Computer Society Press, 1997.
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 and 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, J. Preece and J. Wiley & Sons, Interaction Design: beyond Human Computer
Interaction, 2nd edition, 2007.
CSC 3107: Database Systems (4 CU)
Course Description: At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to: Understand the principles of
database design and implementation; Perform conceptual data modeling using entity-relationship modeling
techniques and implement developed models in a relational database management system; Appreciate database
handling and manipulation techniques in dynamic computing environments.
Indicative Content: The course covers the principles of database design and implementation including relational
theory, database development, conceptual and logical modeling, use of SQL as a data-definition and data
manipulation language, and contemporary issues in database administration. Practical experience in entityrelationship
modeling, database design, and query writing will be covered. The course will also cover using
transactions, implementing cursors, stored procedures and triggers. The course will also provide an introduction to
database connectivity standards (for example, JDBC), client-server databases (for example, ORACLE), objectoriented
databases, and accessing databases through the World-Wide Web.
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