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London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Modules
103
Elements of information and communication technologies
Prerequisite
– 60 Introduction to information systems
This is a modular
subject, comprising the following topics: (1) Principles of programming,
(2) Databases, (3) Human Computer Interface (HCI), and 4) Networking:
Intranets and the Internet. Students have to take topic (1) Principles
of programming and choose two more from the other three topics.
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Principles
of programming: introduction to programming languages; recognition
of a programming problem; design of a solution to a problem; coding;
primitive data types – integers, floating point numbers, strings,
Booleans; data processing; programming structures; program testing;
documentation.
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Databases:
introduction to database systems; the relational model; database
design; data protection; current trends – Object Oriented model,
distributed databases, deductive databases, knowledge bases.
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Human Computer
Interaction (HCI): introduction to HCI; cognition and information
processing; psychological issues in HCI; context – the learning
process, social and organisational aspects; technology developments
in HCI: design of HCI – approaches and methods; evaluation;
current research themes.
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Networking:
Intranets and the Internet: introduction to networking; application
requirements; client/Server interaction; networking and internetworking
technologies – LANs, WANs and MANs; protocols – organising
networks; middleware support – naming the domain; network security.
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