BASIC COMPUTER LITERACY

This Course provides a fundamental understanding of computer hardware and software. The course will be in line with UMU policy of using free and open source software. Students will be covering the basic concepts in Computer Hardware, Software, Operating Systems, Telecommunications, Databases, as well as the usage of the Internet and conversion of open document file format into various other file formats (Adobe PDF) and Microsoft compatibility. Students should be able to appreciate that there is a computer world outside the popular Microsoft computer products.