Practice of Basic Informatics-E2

Numbering Code U-LAS30 10020 SE10 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Seminar
Target Year All students Target Student For all majors
Language English Day/Period Fri.5
Instructor name LIN, Donghui (Graduate School of Informatics Program-Specific Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course The objectives of this course are as follows:
- To teach students to acquire the basic ICT skills needed for academic activities. Students will acquire ICT skills so as to be able to fully utilize the information services provided by the university, to search for the information needed during academic activities, to process data, to write papers, and to present their studies.
- To guide students to be independent ICT users. Students will learn to manage and operate their personal computers and network properly as independent users.
- To help students acquire the capability to learn ICT skills by themselves on an ongoing basis. That is, students will be guided to learn ICT skills not dealt with in this course on their own, as their studies progress.
Course Goals At the end of the semester, students should be able to know the basics of operating systems and in-campus information networks, learn the knowledge of academic information seeking, acquire the skills of data processing, academic writing and presentation, and understand the basics of programming with practice.
Schedule and Contents Computer basics (1 week)
 - Introduction of this course
 - Basics of operating systems
Basics of information networks (2 weeks)
 - In-campus information services and networks (1 week)
 - Information security (1 week)
Academic information seeking (1 week)
 - Academic information and libraries
 - Skills of information seeking for academic purposes
Academic content creation (6 weeks)
 - Data processing with a Spreadsheet (2 weeks)
 - Academic report writing (2 weeks)
 - Presentation (2 weeks)
Basics of programming (4 weeks)
 - Overview of programs and programming (1 week)
 - Basic programming exercises (1 week)
 - Advanced programming exercises (2 weeks)

Total:14 classes, 1 feedback session.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Grading will be based on the evaluation of submitted reports for each assignment. All assignments will be available via the PandA system.
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students are expected to read the corresponding materials ahead of each class and practice the acquired knowledge by solving proposed problems during the class. After studying each topic, student will have a full week to write and submit their reports.
Textbooks Textbooks/References The Practice of Basic Informatics 2020, H. Kita, Y. Kitamura, H. Hioki, H. Sakai, and D. Lin., (Kyoto University)
Slides for additional materials will be delivered via the PandA system.
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