Course Number: VEE223
Course Title: PC Hardware & Software Repair
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
General Objective
This course will introduce students to
an in-depth
exposure to PC hardware/software, suggested best practice in PC maintenance,
diagnostics, and repair. They will learn
PC assembly, installation of operating systems (Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP),
system configurations, and troubleshooting techniques used on PC maintenance and
repair.
Specific Objectives
Students
will be able to:
1. build,
configure, upgrade, and maintain a personal computer system.
2. diagnose
and resolve problems of a personal computer system.
3. install
and configure various computer peripheral devices.
4. resolve
network connectivity problems on a local area network using a systematic
troubleshooting approach.
5. install,
configure, upgrade, and maintain Microsoft Windows operating systems.
6. diagnose
and resolve problems using Microsoft Windows system tools.
7. utilize
relevant workplace safety and environmental standards during computer
maintenance.
8. effectively
utilize a customer-oriented approach to resolve user problems.
9. provide
computer hardware and software support based upon a set of standard and
systematic diagnostic principles.
10. describe basic microprocessor
architecture, physical configuration of memory and the logical configuration of
memory.