THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION COURSE TO SOME OF THE BASIC SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN COMPUTER USAGE. THIS COURSE CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THAT INCLUDES COMPUTER CONCEPTS, COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMMUNICATION, MULTIMEDIA, INTERNET, DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND E-BUSINESS. THE SECOND PART PROVIDES A HAND-ON EXPOSURE ON THE USE OF GENERAL AND ADVANCED FEATURES OF WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE, SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE, GRAPHICS PRESENTATION SOFTWARE AND DATABASE DESIGNING SOFTWARE. THE COURSE IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS (AIS) COURSE.