F09_MIS103_Introduction_to_Computer_Application

=  =  **Institute ** ** of Business Administration **  **Introduction to Computer Applications **  **Course Outline **   **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Class: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> BBA – 1 (Main Campus) || <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;">**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Consultation: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> After the class / Through Email || <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;">**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Course Name: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Introduction to Computer Applications <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 21.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> || <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;">**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">Contact Email : **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">asim.ali@khi.iba.edu.pk <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> || <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;">**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Course Code: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> MIS103 || <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;">**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Instructor Name: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Syed Asim Ali || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc76378883;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Course provides a fundamental understanding of computer applications with the course focus on the Microsoft Office Applications (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Frontpage). This is a complete lab based course where students will learn these applications by working on class assignments in the lab. The course topics include Basics and Fundamentals of computer applications. Students will also be covering the basic concepts in Computer Hardware, Software, Operating Systems, Telecommunications, Databases, as well as the usage of the Internet and conversion of Microsoft file format into various other file format(PDF, PS etc.). <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> ==__<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Prerequisite: __<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There is no prerequisite for this course. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> == <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Fundamentals of IT/IS Concepts **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> Introduction to the basics of IT/IS · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Computer Peripherals: I/O and Storage Devices **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Introduction to the hardware use in IS <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Application Software **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Software needed and used by the end users <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">System Software **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The Software needed for the management of systems <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Telecommunications **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The telecommunication aspects of an IS <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Database Management **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Introduction to the storage and database management aspects of IS <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> · **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Internet and Businesses **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> How can the businesses take advantage of the Internet <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Getting started with Microsoft Office XP 2007 <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Word Processing · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Spreadsheets · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Powerpoint Presentations · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Databases · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Web designing · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Use of Adobe Applications · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Introduction to Outlook Express/One Note · <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lotus Notes <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any Microsoft Office XP reference book <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">[|http://office.microsoft.com] <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> =//__<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment Plan __//= <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Final Exam || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">1 || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">30% || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Term Exams || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">2 || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">30% (15+15) || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Project || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">1 || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">10% || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Individual Presentation || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">1 || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">5% || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Assignments || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">n-1 || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">10% || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Quizzes || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">n-1 || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">10% || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Class Participation || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">5% || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
 * __<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Introduction/Teaching Methodology __**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Note: All assessments will be lab-based, as the course requirement is such. //**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
 * //__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lecture Plan __//**
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Overview of IT / IS __**
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Introduction to Computer Applications __**
 * //__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reference Book(s) __//**
 * //__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Web Resources __//**
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Component ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Frequency ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Weightage ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Weightage ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">TOTAL ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">100% ** ||

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Quizzes: (10 marks)
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All quizzes will be unannounced, and students should be prepared at all times. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> //<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">News Items: // <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Every student would be required to present one or more news items during the semester. The news item should be from any foreign/local magazine, newspaper, journal etc, or an article from a magazine/newspaper/journal on the internet. The news item should be related to any latest application that has been developed, or any changes or unique features that have been added to an application, whether it is used at professional, educational, or home level. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Online assignments will be given on a regular basis. These will be submitted on the respective dates given by the instructor. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> =__<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Academic Honesty and Plagiarism __= <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Any submitted work which is not your creativity should be accurately referenced with author, source and date published. Evidence of work that is not your own and has been presented in your name either because you failed to protect your work or you have stolen it from someone else will lead to an F grade in this course. Such cases will be further referred to the Academic Board to be dealt with as per IBA rules and regulations. Refer to IBA plagiarism policy for details. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Assignments: (10 marks) **
 * //<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Online/ Hands-on Assignments: //**
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Note: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> will be accepted. All assignments are to be typed. Handwritten assignments **WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED**.
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Project (10 marks): **<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Will be decided by the instructor.
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Term Exams (Hands-on exam): (30 marks) **
 * <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Final (Hands-on exam): (30 marks) **