NEW MEDIA
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SEN4503	Introduction to IT Services Management	Spring	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

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.

Learning Outcomes

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

Course Content

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.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

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

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.