CIS 100 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems

Description
This course covers fundamental computing concepts that are part of the digital age including software, hardware, data, people, procedures, security and ethics. The course centers on educating today’s technology consumer using themes of ethics, the Internet, and communications to demonstrate how the changing world of technology influences our lives and the decisions we make.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3

School: School of STEM
Department: Computer Information Systems
Discipline: CIS

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-11 09:01:01
Course Review & Revision Year: 2025-2026

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:

Identify trends in information technology.
Differentiate between broadband connections and Internet Service Providers.
Use application software.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of multiple operating systems.
Compare system configurations.
Select appropriate input and output devices.
Explain differences between analog and digital.
Evaluate different media and their transfer rates.
Evaluate network configurations.
Avoid security risks when using e-commerce.
Assess ethical, privacy and accuracy issues.
Appraise security threats to computers and communications systems.
Analyze trends in jobs and careers.
Apply principles of the systems development life cycle to business situations.
Break down required steps of software development.
Create and/or organize data and information into meaningful patterns in order to interpret and draw inferences from it. (CT3)
Consider the context, costs, benefits and consequences of potential solutions to problems or issues. (CT2)
Identify the best solution to a problem or issue. (CT7)

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Trends in Information Technology

II. The Internet and World Wide Web

A. Broadband devices and connection

B. Internet service providers

C. Internet protocols

III. Application Software

A. Common features of software

B. Word processing

C. Spreadsheet

D. Database

E. Specialty software

IV. System Software

A. Components

B. Operating systems

C. Device drivers and utility programs

V. System Hardware

A. Microchips

B. System unit

C. Storage

VI. Input and Output Devices

A. Current hardware

B. Future trends

VII. Telecommunication

A. Analog versus digital

B. Practical uses

C. Media and transfer rates

D. Networks

E. Future trends

VIII. E-Commerce

A. Managing files

B. Database management systems

C. Database models

D. Data mining and business to business systems

E. Ethics, privacy, and accuracy

IX. Security Issues

A. Threats to computers and communications systems

B. Safeguarding computers and communication systems

X. Future of Information Technology

A. Global telecommunication

B. Artificial intelligence

C. Commerce and money

D. Jobs and careers

XI. Information Management and Systems Development

A. Organizational structure

B. Types of computer based information systems

C. Systems development life cycle

XII. Software Development: Programming and Languages

A. Clarify needs

B. Design program

C. Code program

D. Test program

E. Document and maintain program

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: NA

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 70-80%

Facilitated discussion: 5-10%

Group work: 5-10%

Mediated instruction: 5-10%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: IRW 97, IRW 98, IRW 99
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Bachelor degree with four thousand hours of work experience in the field.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit:
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Computer Programming, A.A.A.S., Computer Support Specialist, A.A.A.S., Network Administration, A.A.A.S., Pre-Business Administration, A.A. (Western Michigan University), Pre-Nutrition and Dietetics, A.A. (Western Michigan University)
People Soft Course ID Number: 100128
Course CIP Code: 11.9999

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: Yes
If yes, with which high schools?: Kent Career Technical Center, M-TEC Lakeshore Campus, Tassell M-TEC & Job Training