Course Details

Informatics (MI)

Academic Year 2024/25

BUA004 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-MI 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.

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Apeltauer, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Basics of Computer Science within the scope of secondary school.

Aims

Basics theoretical knowledges of computer science necessary for the whole study of civil engineering. Mastering of spreadsheets for engineering calculus.
Knowledge of the use of spreadsheets for data processing, engineering calculations and general problems of civil engineering.

Basic Literature

Lasák Pavel, Praktické použití funkcí v Excelu, 2021, Grada (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281618

Exercise

13 weeks, 4 hours/week, compulsory

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.–9. Basics of computer typography: text processing, document structure, styles, headings, references, footnotes, content, etc.
  • 10. Typesetting of technical documents. Formulas, tables, pictures, etc.
  • 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.