ECTS - IT Infrastructure and Architecture

IT Infrastructure and Architecture (ISE332) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
IT Infrastructure and Architecture ISE332 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehtap Tufan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to teach topics related to hardware, software and communication networks constructing IT infrastructure, with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that IT infrastructure solutions enable in an organizational context. It aims at providing the students the knowledge and skills related to IT infrastructure that they need to design organizational processes and software solutions
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Describe what are IT infrastructure and IT architecture.
  • Identify the cloud service types.
  • Explain contemporary server technologies.
  • Describe the storage types and systems.
  • Describe the Data Center requirements.
  • Explain Big data.
  • Identify the features of Internet of Things.
  • Recognize simple infrastructure security solution.
  • Identify sustainable green IT for an enterprise.
  • Identify IT service managements.
  • Design a sustainable IT infrastructure solution for a small organization, including network components, servers, security devices and clients
Course Content IT infrasturucture, IT architecture, IT system model, cloud computing, green IT, big data, datacenters, servers, processor architectures, storages, networking, operating systems, virtualization, security, end user devices, system performance analysis and management, IT service management (ITIL, COBIT).

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Overview of the course & Intro. to IT Infrastructure and Architecture Course notes
2 Intro. to IT Infrastructure and Architecture – 2 Course notes
3 Cloud Computing Course notes
4 Server & Storage – 1 Course notes
5 Storage -2 Course notes
6 Data Center Course notes
7 Big Data Course notes
8 Midterm
9 Internet of Things (IOT) Course notes
10 Cybersecurity Course notes
11 Green IT Course notes
12 IT Service Management – 1 (COBIT) Course notes
13 IT Service Management – 2 & 3 (ISO 9000 & ITIL) Course notes
14 Presentations of Term Projects
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. IT Infrastructure Architecture - Infrastructure Building Blocks and Concepts, Sjaak Laan, Lulu Press Inc., 2/E, 2013, ISBN 9781291250794
Other Sources 2. Foundations of IT service management : with ITIL 2011, Brandy Orand, BookSurge Publishing, 2009, ISBN-10:1439226334
3. IT Systems Management, Rich Schiesser, Pearson Education Inc.,2/E, 2010, ISBN-13:978-0137025060

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 5 15
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 25
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 20
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 8 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems.
2 Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches.
3 An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices.
4 An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements.
5 Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects.
6 An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain.
7 An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering.
8 Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies.
9 An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions.
10 Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 15 15
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics 5 1 5
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 125