Practice of Basic Informatics-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS30 10020 SE10 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar | |
| Target Year | Mainly 1st year students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Fri.2 | |
| Instructor name | ISLAM, A K M Mahfuzul (Graduate School of Engineering Senior Lecturer) | |||
| 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. |
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| 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 |
1. Computer basics [2 weeks] a) Introduction to this course b) Basics of operating systems 2. Basics of information networks [2 weeks] a) In-campus information services and networks b) Information security and information ethics 3. Academic information seeking [2 weeks] a) Academic information and libraries b) Skills of information seeking for academic purposes 4. Academic content creation [4 weeks] a) Data processing with a Spreadsheet b) Academic report writing c) Presentation 5. Basics of programming [4 weeks] a) Overview of programs and programming b) Basic programming exercises c) Advanced programming exercises 6. Review [2 weeks] |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Grading will be based on the evaluation of submitted reports. | |||
| 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 each class, a student will have a full week to write and submit their reports. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | The Practice of Basic Informatics 2017, H. Kita, Y. Kitamura, and H. Hioki, (Kyoto University), Slide handouts for additional materials will be delivered | ||
