Unit 1: The Amazing Computer
Lesson 1: An Overview of the Computer System
Lesson 2: The Shapes of Computers Today
Unit 2: Interacting with Your Computer
Lesson 3: Standard Methods of Input
Lesson 4: Alternative Methods of Input
Unit 3: Output Devices
Lesson 5: Monitors and Sound
Lesson 6: Devices That Output Hard Copy
Unit 4: Processing Data
Lesson 7: Transforming Data into Information
Lesson 8: CPUs Used in Personal Computers
Unit 5: Storing Information in a Computer
Lesson 9: Types of Storage Devices
Lesson 10: Measuring Drive Performance
Unit 6: The Operating System and User Interface
Lesson 11: Operating System Basics
Lesson 12: PC Operating Systems
Unit 7: Productivity Software, Part I
Lesson 13: Word Processing and Desktop Publishing Software
Lesson 14: Spreadsheet Software
Unit 8: Productivity Software, Part II
Lesson 15: Presentation Programs
Lesson 16: Database Management Systems and Enterprise Software
Unit 9: Networks and Data Communications
Lesson 17: Networking Basics
Lesson 18: Networking at Home & Abroad
Unit 10: The Internet and Online Resources
Lesson 19: Internet Basics
Lesson 20: Getting Online, Working Online
Unit 11: Computer Graphics and Design
Lesson 21: Working with Images
Lesson 22: Graphics Software
Unit 12: The New Media
Lesson 23: Understanding Multimedia
Lesson 24: Creating and Distributing New Media Content
Unit 13: Development of Information Systems
Lesson 25: The Basics of Information Systems
Lesson 26: Building Information Systems
Unit 14: Software Programming and Development
Lesson 27: Creating Computer Programs
Lesson 28: Programming Languages and the Programming Process
Unit 15: Living with Computers
Lesson 29: Computers and the Individual
Lesson 30: Computing Issues That Affect Us All


教科書： P. Norton, Peter Norton’s Introduction to Computers, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill,New York, 2001.
參考書: M. M. Mano, Computer Engineering: Hardware Design, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.
G. B. Shelly, T. J. Cashman, and M. E. Vermaat, Discovering Computers 2002, Course Technology, Boston, MA, 2001.