The general objective of this course is to introduce fundamentals of computer systems and to provide basic concepts of hardware, software, Internet, network, cybersecurity, social media, ethical issues, and privacy. Moreover, this course aims to use computer tools effectively used in learning, study, digital content creation, communication, and collaboration. In addition, fundamentals of programming and how to solve simple problems with computer systems are also in the scope of this course. Another objective of this course is to provide basics of ubiquitous technological topics like; Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Machine Learning.
Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1.Identify fundamentals of computer and information systems,
2.Use various content creation and collaboration applications and software tools to enhance their personal as well as professional productivity,
3.Recognize ethical, digital security and attack issues,
4.Computational thinking,
5.Illustrate basics of programming constructs like variables and data types,
6.Describe conditional and iteration statements,
7.Write a simple function,
8.Explain basic concepts of artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning.