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This document contains a course description form for the Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course at the Department of Computer Science & IT, University of Malakand. The 4-credit hour course has no prerequisites. Assessment is based on homework, quizzes, programming assignments, lab work, midterms and finals. Topics covered in the 15-week course include computer basics, hardware, software, number systems, algorithms, programming paradigms, operating systems, networks, the Internet, and social/legal issues. Students complete written reports and oral presentations.

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BSCS 1stsemester ICT

This document contains a course description form for the Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course at the Department of Computer Science & IT, University of Malakand. The 4-credit hour course has no prerequisites. Assessment is based on homework, quizzes, programming assignments, lab work, midterms and finals. Topics covered in the 15-week course include computer basics, hardware, software, number systems, algorithms, programming paradigms, operating systems, networks, the Internet, and social/legal issues. Students complete written reports and oral presentations.

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National Computing Education Accreditation

Council
NCEAC
NCEAC.FORM.001-D

COURSE DESCRIPTION FORM

INSTITUTION Department of Computer Science & IT University of Malakand

BS(CS)

PROGRAM (S) TO BE
EVALUATED

A. Course Description

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(Fill out the following table for each course in your computer science curriculum. A filled out form should
not be more than 2-3 pages.)

Course Code CS112


Course Title Introduction to Information and Communication
Technologies(ICT)
Credit Hours 04
Prerequisites by Course(s) and None
Topics
Assessment Instruments with Home Work+ quizzes + Programming Assignments + lab Work 20%
Weights (homework, quizzes, Mid Term 30 %
midterms, final, programming Final Term 50 %
assignments, lab work, etc.)
Course Coordinator Dr. Mohammad Zahid
URL (if any)
Current Catalog Description
Textbook (or Laboratory Manual Introduction to computers by Amina Nudrat and Asiya Sultan
for Laboratory Courses)
Reference Material Computers: Information Technology in Perspective, 9/e by
Larry Long and
Nancy Long,
Prentice Hall, 2002/ISBN: 0130929891.
An Invitation to Computer Science, Schneider and Gersting,
Brooks/Cole Thomson
Learning, 2000.
Computer Science: An overview of Computer Science, Sherer.
Course Goals This course focuses on a breadth-first coverage of computer
science discipline, introducing computing environments, general
application software, basic computing hardware, operating
systems, desktop publishing, Internet, software
applications and tools and computer usage concepts;
Introducing Software engineering and Information technology
within the broader domain of computing, Social issues of
computing..
Topics Covered in the Course, Week Wise Distribution of topics covered in
with Number of Lectures on Each the course is
Topic (assume 15-week instruction
and one-hour lectures) Attached in Annexure A.
Laboratory Projects/Experiments MS Office and Internet (searching, surfing, emails,)
Done in the Course
Programming Assignments Done
in the Course
Class Time Spent on (in credit Theory Problem Solution Social and Ethical
hours) Analysis Design Issues
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40% 20% 35% 5%


Oral and Written Communications Every student is required to submit at least two written reports of
typically 6-7 pages and to make one oral presentations of typically 20-
25 minute’s duration. Include only material that is graded for grammar,
spelling, style, and so forth, as well as for technical content,
completeness, and accuracy.

Instructor Name ____Dr. Muhammad Zahid ________


Instructor Signature ______
Date __01/04/2017__________________

Annexure A

Week 1st
 Computer Definition and Types of Computer
 Classification of Computer
 Importance of Computer
Week 2nd
 Basic machine organization
o Input Unit
o Processing Unit
 Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
 Control Unit (CU)
Week 3rd
 Primary Memory and its types
 Secondary Memory
o Magnetic Memory
Week 4th
o Optical Memory
o Flash Memory
 Output Unit
 Soft Copy Output
 Hard Copy Output
Week 5th
 Software
o System Software
 Languages
 Operating System
 Translator
Week 6th
 Application Software
 Packages
 Customized
Week 7th
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 Number Systems
o Decimal Number System
o Binary Number System
o Octal Number System
o Hexadecimal Number System
Week 8th
 Von Neumann Architecture
 Algorithm
o Definition
o Design
o Implementation
Week 9th
 Programming Paradigms and Languages
 Graphical Programming
Week 10th
 Overview of Software Engineering and IT
Week 11th
 Operating System
Week 12th
 Computer Networks
o LAN
o WAN
o MAN
Week 13th
 Internet
 Computer Graphics
Week 14th
 Artificial Intelligence
Week 15th
 Social and Legal issues.
 Computer Crimes,Viruses,Worms

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