CIST 1001 Syllabus

Subject Code

CIST

Course Number

1001

Course Title

Computer Concepts

Prerequisites

Diploma-level math competency

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Summer and Fall

Credit Hours

(2-4-4)

Course Description

This course provides an overview of information systems, computers, and technology. Topics include information systems and technology terminology, computer history, data representation, data storage concepts, fundamentals of information processing, fundamentals of information security, information technology ethics, fundamentals of hardware operation, fundamentals of networking, fundamentals of the Internet, fundamentals of software design concepts, fundamentals of software (system and application), system development methodology, computer number systems conversion (Binary and Hexadecimal), and mobile computing.

Course Outcomes