Course Details

Informatics

Academic Year 2023/24

BU001 course is part of 2 study plans

​ B-K-C-SI (N) / VS Winter Semester 1st year

​ B-P-C-SI (N) / VS Winter Semester 1st year

Operation system usage and management
Computer networks, Internet (principles, network protocols, Internet services)
Computer network security
Basic principles of computer graphics and image processing
Computer document processing, basics of typography
Advanced engineering computations using MS Excel

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Rybička, Dr.

Institute

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science

Objective

  • The purpose of the course is a basic level of knowledge and skills for the effective use of computer technology. In addition to the overview of the general technical solutions in the field, students absolved the course are ready to use advanced software for engineering calculations.
  • Students will acquire basic knowledge of computer networks and network security. They obtain an overview of the main tasks of operating systems and applications software.
  • In addition, students will learn about the principles of computer graphics, image processing and the basic rules of computer typography.

Knowledge

  • The purpose of the course is a basic level of knowledge and skills for the effective use of computer technology. In addition to the overview of the general technical solutions in the field, students absolved the course are ready to use advanced software for engineering calculations.
  • Students will acquire basic knowledge of computer networks and network security. They obtain an overview of the main tasks of operating systems and applications software.
  • In addition, students will learn about the principles of computer graphics, image processing and the basic rules of computer typography.

Syllabus

  1. Computer lab use policy, FCE computer network, computer network security, faculty 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. Basics of computer typography: text processing
  9. Document structure, styles, headings, references, footnotes, content, …
  10. Typesetting of technical documents. Formulas, tables, pictures, …
  11. Basics of computer graphics: Image/photo processing using text processor and raster editor
  12. Image parameters for typesetting.
  13. Final test, final work (document) evaluation.

Prerequisites

Basics of Computer Science within the scope of secondary school.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

3 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/272988

Exercise

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Computer lab use policy, FCE computer network, computer network security
  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. Basics of computer typography: text processing, document structure
  9. Styles, headings, references, footnotes, content, …
  10. Typesetting of technical documents. Formulas, tables, pictures, …
  11. Basics of computer graphics: Image/photo processing using text processor and raster editor
  12. Image parameters for typesetting.
  13. Final test, final work (document) evaluation.