COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EMT 1004 BASIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Econometrics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IPEK DEVECI KOCAKOÇ

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Management Information Systems
Public Finance (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Public Administration (Evening)
Economics
Econometrics (Evening)
Economics (Evening)
Public Administration
Business Administration (Evening)
Business Administration
Econometrics
Public Finance

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to teach students computer hardware units, basic internet terminology, and Windows operating system as well as providing them necessary skills to use Office softwares.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the information processing procedure
2   To be able to explain the importance of information technologies in social development
3   To be able to explain the common features of Office softwares
4   To be able to use Windows operating system
5   To be able to use internet for the purpose of research and communication
6   To be able to create documents, prepare visual and graphical presentations, and analyse data
7   To be able to identify basic functions of computer hardware

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to basic information technologies
2 What's a computer History of computer, its classifications, types, basic functions, operation logic, system, hardware and software
3 Microsoft Windows topics: Desktop, task bar, start menu elements, window procedures, basic file/folder operations, folder options, adding and removing items in start menu, desktop customisation, taskbar customisation, start menu programs, all programs, control panel.
4 Microsoft Word topics: writing and saving texts, creating new document, copy/paste/cut/move/highlight functions in text, transition between visuals, formatting text.
5 Microsoft Word topics: paragraph formatting, use of bullet points, creating numeric lists, borders and shades, finding and changing texts, correction of typing errors, working with page layout, print preview and print options.
6 Microsoft Word topics: additions to page (inserting page number, header and footer, symbols, footnote etc.), writing text in columns, working with tables, pictures and graphs.
7 Microsoft Power Point topics: Slides, inserting text and picture, formatting slides, inserting other objects to slides.
8 Mid-term exam
9 Mid-term exam
10 Microsoft Excel topics: Basic operations with workbooks, data input on spreadsheet (cell, row, column, adding and removing column, row interval etc.), formatting characters, numbers and cells, organising workbook.
11 Microsoft Excel topics: Using formulas, (addition, functions(sum, average, max, min), count, countif, free computations, application types ( relative, absolute and mixed applications), working with graphs.
12 Microsoft Excel topics: Conditional formatting, data sorting, data filtering.
13 Microsoft Excel applications
14 Internet topics: Basic elements of Internet (Internet protocols, web page, URL, ISP, IP address, Internet address, etc.), usage of Internet Explorer, usage of electronic mail.

Recomended or Required Reading

Temel Bilgisayar Teknolojileri Kullanımı ve Bilgisayar Bilimleri; Nesip ERGÜL, Tugay ARAT, 2004
Temel Bilgi Teknolojisi Kullanımı; Ismail sarı, Ömer Bağcı, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-Teaching in computer cluster, 2- Application, 3- Discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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