SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
SEN4503 | Introduction to IT Services Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TAMER UÇAR |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. ADEM KARAHOCA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | Foundations in IT services course provides an overview of IT Services. Topics include enterprise systems management (ESM), which is the complete and total management of a company's IT elements and/or environment. IT services, or ESM, involves two categorizations: infrastructure management -the discipline regarding services responsible for maintaining and managing the IT elements in an environment, and relationship management -the discipline containing the services that are customer facing in relation to their IT infrastructure. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define computing infrastructure fundamentals 2. Analyze IT services 3. Define event and fault management 4. Describe problem, change and configuration management 5. Analyze asset management 6. Define security and network management 7. Define storage, workload, backup and recovery management 8. Analyze business process management fundamentals 9. Describe business process management supporting infrastructure |
The course content is composed of the basics of computing infrastructure, introduction to it services, event and fault management, problem, change and configuration management, asset management, security and network management, storage, workload, backup and recovery management, business process management fundamentals, business process management supporting infrastructure. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Computing Infrastructure Overview | |
2) | Introduction to IT Services | |
3) | Event & Fault Management | |
4) | Problem, Change and Configuration Management | |
5) | Asset Management | |
6) | Security and Network Management | |
7) | Storage, Workload, Backup and Recovery Management | |
8) | Storage, Workload, Backup and Recovery Management / Midterm I | |
9) | Business Process Management Fundamentals | |
10) | Business Process Management Supporting Infrastructure | |
11) | Case Study Presentations | |
12) | Case Study Presentations / Midterm II | |
13) | Case Study Presentations | |
14) | Project Presentation |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Rob Addy, Effective IT Service Management: To ITIL and Beyond, Springer OGC- ITIL v3 references library– Service Design, Transition, Operation, Strategy, Continual Service Improvement. |
References: | Yok |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 2 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
Midterms | 2 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Quizzes | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Midterms | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Final | 1 | 17 | 17 |
Total Workload | 113 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |