FALL 2021 Trine Course Catalog

CSIT 103 Introduction to Information Systems

An introduction to the concepts of Information Systems including history, terminology, principles, and use of computers in solutions in business, scientific and educational decision-making problems. The emphasis of the course is topics in human-computer interaction and human factors, collaborative technologies, ethics, privacy, and ownership of information and information sources, information representation, the information life cycles, and the transformation of data to information. The relationships to the other main areas of computing such as Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and Computer Science are explored. Hands on assignments in Word Processing, Spreadsheet Analysis, Database, Presentation Graphics, and collaboration software.

Credits

3

Lab Hours

0

Lecture Hours

3