Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ACPE-0118
Organization's ID:
CSC300
Organization:
Alternative Credit Project Ecosystem
Location:
Online
Length:
This is a self-paced online course that is completed over 135 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Business and Computer Information Systems
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to identify the common applications of computers, information and support systems and the internet; differentiate between the various database designs, computer hardware and systems development life cycle; recognize the basic strategies for protecting information and avoiding ethical and legal issues; recall the components of global information systems, enterprise systems, and e-commerce; and identify emerging technology and trends.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Define computer applications
  • Define computer literacy
  • Define computer hardware
  • Define data warehouses
  • Define data marts
  • Recall common privacy issues
  • Define data communication
  • Recall various data communication components
  • Recall global information systems components
  • Define systems development life cycle
  • Define geographic information systems
  • Recognize how to integrate Al technologies into decision support systems
  • Define contextual computing principles
  • Recognize trends in software and service distribution
  • Define radio frequency identification
  • Recall the components of information systems applications
  • Recall characteristics of computer systems and its components
  • Recognize the definition of computer software
  • Recall recent trends in database design and use
  • Identify fundamentals of social networking and privacy
  • Identify ethical issues surrounding information technologies
  • Recall the components of phishing
  • Identify fundamentals of computer crime and fraud
  • Identify proper processing configurations
  • Recognize navigational tools
  • Recall the functions of search engine
  • Identify directories
  • Define e-commerce
  • Differentiate between major categories of e-commerce
  • Identify the requirements of global information systems
  • Define supply chain management
  • Recall customer relationship management principles
  • Differentiate between various CRM applications
  • Differentiate between types of decisions in an organization
  • Recognize decision support systems
  • Recall virtual reality principles

General Topics:

  • An overview of information systems
  • Computers and the machine behind computing
  • Database systems, data warehouses, and data marts
  • Personal, legal, ethical, and organizational issues of information systems
  • Protecting information resources
  • Data communication and delivering information anywhere and anytime
  • The internet, intranets, and extranets
  • E-commerce
  • Global information systems
  • Building successful information systems
  • Enterprise systems
  • Management support systems
  • Intelligent information systems
  • Emerging trends, technologies, and applications
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Computer Based Training

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials