Course: CMP 001
First Semester 2006/2007 (061)

Course Objectives:
The main objective of this course is to familiarize students with computers and their common applications. How to use Microsoft Office 2000 Textbook covers all Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet explorer and Integrating Office applications). The focus of coverage is on the core features that the student needs to understand on an ongoing basis. The book also covers new features, such as web collaboration to give the student a feel for the power of this new suite and whet his appetite to learn more.

Text book:
““Show me Microsoft Office 2003”, authored by Steve Johnson and published by QUE ( ISBN: 0-7897-3007-3).

Grading Policy:
- First Major Exam: 20%
- Second Major Exam: 20%
- Attendance, Quizzes and participation: 20%
- Final Exam: 40%

Course Schedule:


Week no.      Topic Text book (chapters)
      1.            Getting started with Office 1
      2.            Communication with Outlook 15
      3.            Managing info with Outlook 16
      4.            Creating & formatting a document with Word 4
      5.            Formatting a document with Word 5
      6.            Enhancing a document with Word 6
      7.            Creating a worksheet with Excel 7
      8.            Building a worksheet with Excel 8
      9.            Designing a worksheet with Excel 9
     10.           Creating a presentation with PowerPoint 10
     11.           Delivering a presentation with PowerPoint 11
     12.           Using Shared Office Tools 2
     13.           Adding arts to Office documents 3
     14.           Working together on Office documents 20
     15.           Sharing information between programs 21


Important dates
First Major Exam: Saturday 04 November 2006.
Second Major Exam: Saturday 09 December 2006.
FINAL Exam: 20-30 January 2007.

Course: CMP 002
First Semester 2006/2007 (061)

Course Objectives:
The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the Computers and Information Technology world. Hardware and Software components, together with Information storing and retrieval are covered. The course also covers networks and networking, Internet navigation to give the student a feel for the power of this new Information Age and whet his appetite to learn more.

Text book:
Computing Essentials 2007 complete edition, by Timothy J O'Leary, Linda I O'Leary and published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 0-07-226156-0.

Grading Policy:
- First Major Exam: 20%
- Second Major Exam: 20%
- Attendance, Quizzes and participation: 20%
- Final Exam: 40%


Course Schedule:
Week no.      Topic Text book chapters
    1                Information Technology and the Internet 1
    2                Basic Application Software 3
    3                System Software 5
  4, 5              The system unit 6
    6                Input and Output 7
    7                Secondary Storage 8
  8, 9              The Internet, the Web, and Electronic Commerce 2
   10               Communications and Networks 9
 11, 12            Information Systems 11
   13               Databases 12
   14               Programming and Languages 14
   15               Revision -

Typing Tutor training (one lecture every two weeks).

Important dates
First Major Exam: Saturday 04 November 2006.
Second Major Exam: Saturday 09 December 2006.
FINAL Exam: 20-30 January 2007.