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Introduction to Information Technology Applications COMP1900 (6 units) Group A.

First semester (may also be offered in second semester).

Twenty one-hour lectures, and six two-hour assessable laboratory sessions; plus one laboratory session for marking group project.

Prerequisites: Not available to students enrolled in BInfTech or BSEng. Cannot be taken after successful completion of COMP1011, COMP1100, COMP1120 or INFS1014.

Syllabus: An introduction to the basic concepts and skills of computer literacy through modern applied information technology. Good data management and practices using files and folders; word processing using styles; data manipulation and display using spreadsheets; World Wide Web information searching; simple web site construction. Practical work will be done in supervised computer laboratory sessions.