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INSS 510 Computer Concepts Kapaun Center, Term II 00/01 Course Description:: (3 semester hours) Prerequisites: All undergraduate prerequisites or permission of instructor. Programming skills are required. The course will provide an overview of computer concepts as they apply to MIS professionals. Emphasis will be placed on basic machine architecture including data representation and manipulation; principles of operating systems; software algorithms and programming languages. In addition, basic concepts of data organization, file structures, and principles of networking will be examined. Emerging trends in computer technology and their impact on organizational information systems will also be discussed. Students will be required to complete programming projects..
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, participants should understand: 1. Basic principles of computer architecture 2. Major operating system concepts 3. The interrelationships between operating systems and computer hardware 4. Concepts of programming languages, including machine, assembly and high level languages
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Course Requirements: |
Midterm Examination |
100 pts (40%) |
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Final Examination |
100 pts (40 %) |
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Programming Assignments |
50 pts (20 %) |
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(All exams are closed-book; the final is not comprehensive. late programs will be penalized 25%) |
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Grading Scale: |
90% or above -- A |
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80-89% -- B |
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70-79% -- C |
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Below 70% -- F |
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Text: Stephen D. Burd, Systems Architecture: Hardware and Software in Business Information Systems (2nd Ed).
Instructor. The instructor, James Briscoe, received a B S in mathematics from Stanford University, the MA and PhD (History) from Columbia University, and an MBA (emphasis in MIS) from the University of Oklahoma. He has taught computer science and MIS courses at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Maryland, European Division, and has worked as a programmer, systems analyst, and consultant for a number of businesses and organizations. He wrote his first computer program (in Symbolic Operations Assembly Program--SOAP) on an IBM 650 computer in the summer of 1961. It eventually ran. Office Hrs. TBA
Tentative Course Outline: (All readings from the text; supplemental readings TBA: assignments should be completed prior to class) 1. 28/29 October: Introduction; Overview of computer hardware and software, Data Representation. READ chs 1,2,3,4. 2. 11/12 November: Computer architecture, including principles of central processors, memory and cache design, mass storage and I/O systems. READ chs 5,6,7, 10. MIDTERM EXAM: 0900-1200 2 Dec. References: all previous. 3. 2/3 December: Principles of programming languages, machine, assembly and high level; principles of operating system design. READ chs 11,12,13, 14. First Programming Assignment Due Sun, 3 November. 4. 16/17 December: Principles of data communications and networking; advanced computer architectures; evaluation and acquisition of computer systems; System Administration. READ chs 8, 9, 15 + Handouts and Internet resources Second Programming Assignment Due Sun, 17 December. FINAL EXAM: 1300-1600 Sunday, 17 December. References: all since midterm.
email: jbriscoe@ed.umuc.edu phone: (06221) 378 364 or 370-6762 (DSN) x 320 Return to: Graduate Programs Syllabi |
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