Course Details

Basics of Computer Science

Academic Year 2024/25

BUA006 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-GK Winter Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Processor and memory, memory structure, data representation.

2. Principles of cooperation with peripheral devices, file system.

3.-4. Fundamentals of the Internet and its services.

5.-6. IT security.

7. Basic types of computer infiltration.

8. Computer graphic, representation of the color, palette. Formats of raster graphics data.

9. Vector graphics formats. Graphic primitives, basic graphic simulation technology.

10. Fundamentals of computer typography, fonts, typography measures, page format and publishing, basic programs for word processing, page description languages​​.

11. Important principles of using MS Word - document organization, styles, templates, embedded objects management, object references.

12.-13. Database applications (geodetic data import etc.).

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Computer lab use policy, FCE computer network, computer network security, university information system.

2. Rudiments of spreadsheets: cell addressing, entering names, copying, formatting, built-in Excel functions, formulas.

3. Conditional formatting, data validation, data import (measurement data import).

4. Graphic output.

5. Advanced computations in engineering science using spreadsheets.

6. Database applications (sorting, pivot tables, filtering).

7. Analytical tools: goal seek, solver.

8.–9. Basics of computer typography: text processing, document structure, styles, headings, references, footnotes, content.

10. Typesetting of technical documents. Formulas, tables, pictures.

11.–12. Basics of computer graphics: Image/photo processing using text processor and raster editor, image parameters for typesetting.

13. Final test, final work (document) evaluation.