IFT 205
Introduction to Information Technology
2
Course Description
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. explain the history and development of information technologies;
2. describe information technology application domains;
3. identify information technology and its related disciplines;
4. analyse security, privacy, policy, and other social issues inherent in information
technology; and
5. compare the fundamental structures of computer networks and the internet.
Course Outline
Introduction to computer software, hardware, and networking technologies. Information
technology systems model. A brief introduction to information technologies – human-
computer interaction, information management; networking, platform technologies,
programming, and web systems and technologies. Data versus information. History of
information technology and the internet. Information technology application domains.
Security, privacy, policy, and other social issues inherent in Information technology
development and use. Future trends in information technology, problems on mining,
visualisation, natural language processing, and Blockchain.