Course Outcomes
Basic Lab Skills
Acquire basic skills in using labs as part of the learning experience.
Reverse Engineering Algorithms
Be able to reverse engineer a simple algorithm.
Terminology
Acquire basic IT terminology.
Beginner - Basic Tools
Be able to use basic IT tools at the beginning level.
Beginner Skills
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of programming.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of networking.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of computer hardware.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of operating systems & servers.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of database systems.
Foundation
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of web systems.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of how data is represented in a computer.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of human-computer interaction.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of systems engineering and development methodologies to guide project management.
Integration & Implementation
- Understand the pervasiveness and impacts of IT in our everyday lives locally and globally as well as across organizations and industries.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of computer security and ethical issues.
- Acquire a beginning knowledge of how IT is organized and governed in organizations and enterprises.
Professional Development
- Acquire basic teamwork skills.
- Begin using oral and written communication in a professional manner.
- Begin using basic design and problem-solving skills.
- Acquire basic knowledge and research skills for continuous learning in IT profession and understand the difference between the four computing majors at BYU (IT, IS, CS, and ECE).
- Get to know the IT Faculty and other IT Professionals.
- Acquire basic knowledge and research skills for continuous learning in IT profession and for finding associated IT employment.
