FUNDAMENTALS OF

INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Lecture #1
By
Laraib Abbas
Department of Information Technology
University of Gujrat
 Overview
Basic course information
Course Description
Recommended Books
Course objectives
Course content
Grading Policy
Assignments / Quizzes
Plagiarism Policy
Basic course information
Course Code IT -162

Course Title Fundamentals Of

Information
Technology

Credit Hours 03

Pre-requisite Introduction to
Computing

Lecture Duration 1.5 Hours

Number of Lectures 30
 Course Description
3-credit course - introduces
Concepts in information technology that
provide the technical foundation for
state-of-the-art applications
Core disciplines if Information Technology
Modalities for information presentation
Information Management
Information Transmission Systems
Real world Applications
 Course Objectives
Students will gain literacy in the underlying
principles and vocabulary of Information
Technology
Acquire a solid background on the applications of
IT To Explore the core concepts for the field of
Information Technology
To Explain how information is used in the
organization
To Describe how information technology can be
tied together to improve the organizations.
To discuss information systems development
process.
Course Objectives. (Cont.)
To explore how computing is integrated with
high speed communication links in Information
technology?
To explain the scope of Information technology
in the information age
To discover the impact of IT on different areas
Explore technical, legal, ethical issues related it
Information Technology in a Global perspective
Student can make conformance the analogy of
real worlds applications of Information
Technology to its core Concepts
 Recommended Books
Information Technology: Inside and Outside,
David Cyganski, John A. Orr, Prentice Hall,
2000. ISBN: 013-011496-0
Information Technology: Principles,
Practices, and Opportunities (3rd Edition)
by James A. Senn (Author), Prentice Hall; 3
edition (December 1, 2003), ISBN-10:
0131436260
Introduction to Information Technology
(2/ed) Turban, E., R. Rainier, Jr. and R. Potter
2003 John Wiley and Sons
Grading Policy:
 Assignments / Quizzes
6-7 assignments
A 5-7 quizzes will take place in the class
to measure the learning progress of the
students. These quizzes will be
announced or unannounced.
 Plagiarism Policy:
During this course a strict no tolerance
plagiarism policy will be adopted
Collaboration in this course is highly encouraged
you must ensure that you do claim other
peoples work/idea as your own. Plagiarism
occurs when the words, ideas, assertion,
theories, figures, images, programming code of
others is presented as your own work
Failing to comply with plagiarism policy will lead
to strict penalties including zero marks in
assignments and quizzes