Course Details

Basics of Computer Science

Academic Year 2025/26

BUA006 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-GK Winter Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Michal Vojkůvka, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science

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

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289974

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.