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UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA, BARATON

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING
INSY 119 BUSINESS INFORMATION PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS
1ST SEMESTER 2024-25

CREDITS: 4

INSTRUCTOR: Nyamwamu Roseline, (MSc IT)

LECTURES HOURS:TTH 8-9.30AM

EMAIL: [email protected]

Course Overview:
An introduction to the use of the computer in the business area. Introduce computer concepts
including a discussion of computer history, computer hardware and software, components of a
business information system, developing and information system, personal and shared
information
systems, the internet and the world wide web and information systems security. It includes an in-
depth study and practical experience with several microcomputer application packages such as
word processing, spreadsheets, database systems and graphics presentations.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should gain knowledge to:

 Analyze the purpose, components, and issues related to common business information systems
 Analyze the impact of business processes and information systems on an organization
 Explain the factors that influence how an organization selects information systems
 Describe how databases are used in business
 Compare different methodologies for information systems development
 Work with Microsoft Office applications

Grading

Final Exam 60%


Mid Trimester Test 20%
Assignments 20%
Grading Scale

GRADE %
A 80-100
A- 75-79
B+ 70-74
B 65-69
B- 60-64
C+ 55-59
C 50-54
C- 45-49
D 40-44
F 0-39

References
UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS: TODAY AND TOMORROW 15th Edition by De Deborah
Morley and Charles S. Parker

Capron H.L., Computers: Tools for an information age (5th Edition)

C.S. French, Computer Applications (Fifth Edition)

White R., How Computers Work (Millennium edition).

Course Outline:

The tentative course topics are listed below. Not all topics will be covered in the same
degree of detail and the sequence may differ somewhat from the list. The main purpose of
the list below is to show the logical structure of the material rather than any temporal
relationships.

Topic Week
Introduction to the Course – Chapter 1
- History of computers
Introduction to hardware components - Chapter 2
- Input devices
1
- Processing devices
- Output devices
- Storage devices
- Communication devices
Computer software – Chapter - 3 2
- System software
- Application software
Components of an information system – Chapter - 4
- Hardware
- Software
3
- Procedures
- Data
- People
The development of an Information system – Chapter 5
- System development life cycle
4
- Overview of waterfall model

Types of information systems – Chapter 6


- Executive information systems
- Management information systems
- Decision support systems
- Transaction processing systems 5-6
- Database Management systems

Issues and Trends in IT


Information systems security
Computer Applications:
Introduction to Word processing
- MS Word Basics
- Editing documents
7-8
- Formatting text
- Formatting pages
- Working with tables
- Advanced operations
Spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet terms
- Creating new spreadsheets and open existing ones
- Inputting text, numbers and simple formulae 9 -10
- Employing simple functions such as SUM, AVERAGE
- Creation of and modification
- charts/graphs to illustrate data
- Vlookup and Hlookup
Introduction to Powerpoint
- Preparing a presentation
- Using pictures and objects
11
- Using animation
- Using organization charts
- Using graphs
Introduction to Access 12-13
- Common database terms
- Opening and use an existing database
- Designing and creating a simple database
- Saving database objects with appropriate names
- Creating simple queries
- Designing input forms
- Designing output reports
Revision 14

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