Total number of classes was 23, consists of 18 regular classes and 5 extra classes. Regular classes were scheduled to be held in these slots: Monday 12:30 – 01:45 PM (room 1002), and Wednesday 12:30 – 01:45 PM (room 1002). Extra classes were held at different times.

[January 16] Class 1

Orientation and overview of the whole course.

[January 23] Class 2

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Chapter 1: What is system; what is information system; characteristics of information system; functions of information system; information system activities.

[January 25] Class 3

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Information system resources; information system components. End of Chapter 1.

[January 30] Class 4

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Chapter 2: What is software; types of software; common business application software.

[February 8] Class 5

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Email program; browsers are universal clients; software suites; pros and cons of software suites; functions of operating system. End of chapter 2.

[February 15] Class 6

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Start of chapter 4. Efficiency vs. effectiveness. Downsizing. Planned obsolescence.

[February 18] Class 7, Class 8

Room: TI Lab, Time: 9:45 to 1:00 (class 7: EXTRA CLASS), and 11:00 to 12:20 (class 8: EXTRA CLASS)

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Start of chapter 3. Data analysis – how to convert raw data into useful information --> Practical demonstration.

[February 20] Class 9

Room 1002, Time 12:40 to 01:45

Test 1: Quiz. Click here to view result. [Details]

[February 27] Class 10

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Suggestion for midterm exam. Review of the whole syllabus of the midterm exam.

[March 1] Class 11

Room 1002, Time 01:00 – 01:30

Review: Chapter 3 (data analysis).

[March 3] Midterm exam

Syllabus: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4. Click here to view results.

[March 15] Class 12

Room 1002, Time 01:00 – 01:50

Start of chapter 5. What is network and telecommunication? Types of network. LAN, WAN, MAN, network computing, P2P.

[March 20] Class 13

Room 1002, time 01:00 to 02:00

Internet, ICANN, W3C, Nodes, Usefulness of a network.

[March 22] Class 14

Room 1003, Time 12:30 – 01:50

Intranet, VPN. Usefulness of a network -> mathematical problems.

[March 27] Class 15

Room 1002, Time 12:30

The last mile problem. IP address. V4 and V6 IP address. Some special IP addresses. Mathematical problems on IP address. End of chapter 5.

[March 29] Class 16

Room 1002, Time 12:30

Start of chapter 6. What is plan. Information technology planning. IT architecture. Change management.

[April 3] Class 17

Room 701, Time 12:30 – 01:45

Start of chapter 8. Introduction to computer programming. Computer programming defined. Types of programming language. Compiler vs. interpreter. Object oriented programming language.

[April 5] Class 18

Room 1002, Time 12:30 – 02:00

The basics of VB6. Events and actions, objects, attributes, properties, variables, set and get statements.

[April 10] Class 19

Room 1002, Time 12:30 – 02:00

If-then statement. Methods. MsgBox method. Functions. InputBox functioin. A tiny computer program.

[April 12] Class 20

Room 1003, Time 01:00 – 02:10

String and numerical variables. IsNumeric function. Val function. Software -> a simple calculator.

[April 15] Class 21, Class 22

Room: IT lab. Time: from 11:30 to 12:45 PM (class 21: EXTRA CLASS), and 12:45 to 02:00 (class 22: EXTRA CLASS)

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Interlocution to computer programming using VB6 -> Lab class.

[April 22] Final Exam

Room: 701, Time: 11:00 – 1:00 PM. Click here to view results.

[April 27] Class 23

Room: IT lab, Time 01:30 to 15:00 (EXTRA CLASS)

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Counseling class for project -> practical guideline on how to build your assigned project.