IT Fundamentals

By Reshma P K | Mahatma Gandhi College, Iritty, Kannur, Kerala

Learners enrolled: 765

Information Technology (IT) is an essential tool that we cannot avoid as it plays an important role in our day to day life, especially in the present scenario. The course “IT Fundamentals” is based on the syllabus proposed under CBCS by UGC, for B.A. Programme with Computer Applications. This is one of the Core (DSC) course in the first semester of this UG programme. The course starts with the basic concept of Computers, Data representation, then goes through interfaces, devices, memory, architecture and extends up to the emerging technologies and the role of computers in education and research. The students of some other UG programmes like BSc. Honours Computer Science and B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Mathematics, B.Sc. Physics etc are also equally benefitted with the contents of this course.

The specific objectives of this course are:

1. To know the basics of computer fundamentals

2. Familiarize with the working principles of a computer

3. Learn the basic concept of data representation

4. Familiar with the various devices and interfaces

5. Understand the fundamentals of system architecture

6. To analyze the problem and developing algorithms and flow charts.

7. Familiarize the emerging trends in computer filed

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	25 Jan 2021
End Date :	19 Apr 2021
Enrollment Ends :	28 Feb 2021
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Weeks Weekly Lecture Topics

1 : First day: module 1 - INTRODUCTION

Third day: module 2 – MEMORY HIERARCHY

Fifth day: Module 3- MORE ON SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting

2 : First day: module 4 – DATA REPRESENTATION

Third day: module 5 – DATA MANIIPULATION 1

Fifth day: Module6- DATA MANIPULATION 2

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments.

3 : First day: module 7 - COMMUNICATION AND INSTRUCTION FORMAT

Third day: module 8 – OVERVIEW OF I/O DEVICES

Ffth day: module 9- INPUT DEVICES

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments.

4 : First day: module 10 – OUTPUT DEVICES

Third day: module 11 – OPERATING SYSTEMS

Fifth day: module 12 – FUNCTIONS OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments.

5 : First day: module 13 – PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Third day: module 14 – INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Fifth day: Module 15-SYSTEM TOOLS AND UTILITY PROGRAMS

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments.

6 : First day: module 16 – FILE STRUCTURE

Third day: module 17 – DATABASE STRUCTURE

Fifth day: Module 18-DBMS IMPLEMENTATION

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments

7 First day: module 19 – OBJECT ORIENTED DATABASE

Third day: module 20 – ER MODELS

Fifth day: Module 21- RELATIONAL DATA MODEL

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments

8 : First day: module 22 - STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE

Third day: module 23 – NETWORKS

Fifth day: Module 24 –GUIDED TRANSMISSION MEDIA

sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments

9 First day: module 25 – UNGUIDED TRANSMISSION MEDIA

Third day: module 26 – INTERNET AND APPLICATIONS

Fifth day: Module 27 – ONLINE EDUCATION

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments

10 : First day: module 28 – INTERNET UTILITIES

Third day: module 29 – USE OF COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Fifth day: Module 30 –ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

11 : First day: module 31 - DATA ANALYSIS

Third day: module 32 – HETEROGENEOUS DATA & STORAGE

Fifth day: Module 33 - E-LIBRARY

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments

12 : First day: module 34 - GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Third day: module 35 – SPSS

Fifth day: Module 36 - MATHEMATICA

Sixth day: Interaction based on the three modules covered.

Seventh day: deadline for submitting assignments

Books and references

1. A. Goel, Computer Fundamentals, Pearson Education, 2010.

2. P. Aksoy, L. DeNardis, Introduction to Information Technology, Cengage Learning, 2006

3. P. K.Sinha, P. Sinha, Fundamentals of Computers, BPB Publishers, 2007

Instructor bio

Ms. Reshma P K is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi College, Iritty, Kerala. She has more than 10 years of experience in teaching Undergraduate level Computer Science, including Fundamentals of Computers, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Computer Networks etc. She has developed study material for many Universities in Kerala for their School of Distance Education and IT Mission Programmes. She has completed her M.Sc. in Computer Science from CUSAT, awarded M.Phil in Computer Science from Bharathiar University in 2008 and qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Computer Science. She is currently pursuing PhD from University of Calicut, Kerala. Her specialization includes Computer Fundamentals, Operating systems, Soft computing and Information retrieval.

She has also Completed a Minor Research Project funded by UGC (2015-17)