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Vicent Botti Navarro, Jaime Busquets, Carlos Turró, Ignacio Despujol, Miguel Rebollo, Tanja Vos, and Jaime Busquets

This introductory program is designed to give business professionals the basic background on Information Technology (IT) to let them get the most in their interaction with IT professionals, either from their company or from external corporation, as they will have a deeper understanding when identifying requirements, evaluating workloads or supervising results in the IT field.

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This introductory program is designed to give business professionals the basic background on Information Technology (IT) to let them get the most in their interaction with IT professionals, either from their company or from external corporation, as they will have a deeper understanding when identifying requirements, evaluating workloads or supervising results in the IT field.

Through this program, you will learn the basic concepts of information systems and their application, and gain familiarity with the terminology used within the IT field.

What you'll learn

  • How Information Technology is used in organizations.
  • An overview of how computers and communications networks work.
  • Basic concepts of software development and project management.
  • Fundamental concepts of computer programming.
  • Computer threats, hackers, antivirus and information security.
  • Social and ethical implications of IT.

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Four courses

IT Fundamentals for Business Professionals: Programming

(13 hours)
This course introduces the basics of software programming. Topics include the logic behind computer programs, data and file types, object-oriented programming, database management, SQL, and web development concepts.

IT Fundamentals for Business Professionals: Cybersecurity and social implications

(13 hours)
This course introduces cybersecurity and social implications of ICT, including its effects on globalization, business strategy, ergonomics, cloud computing, and professional careers in the field.

IT Fundamentals for Business Professionals: Hardware

(18 hours)
This course introduces the basic hardware concepts on which information systems and communications networks are based. You will learn about computer peripherals, telecommunications and network devices, and the functions carried out by computer hardware, communications hardware, and network hardware. You will also learn about client/server architectures, wireless communication devices, and the digital representation of information.

IT Fundamentals for Business Professionals: Software development

(13 hours)
This course introduces the basics of software project management, reviewing basic project management concepts and roles, system development lifecycle, tools and methods used in software development, standards used in the development and the design of the user interface of a computer system.

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