Course detail

Informatics for economist

FP-UiePAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course focuses on the following topics: user competence in Windows 7 operating system,application software for personal computers (within Windows 7, work with MS Word text editor, MS Excel chart processor, instruments for MS PowerPoint presentations, routine use of MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook, fundamentals of MS Access databases). It provides students with knowledge of PC hardware, new technologies in this area, as well as peripheral equipment and its use.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Petr Dydowicz, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Informatics (ÚI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with new trends in IT development in the area of PC architecture. They will acquire skills necessary for using MS Windows 7 operating system and MS Office 2010 (2007) application instrument. These skills and experience may be used by them as an tool for elaborating projects and tasks in other courses.

Prerequisites

1. Basic competence in PC (theoretical and practical)
2. Basic competence in MS Windows 7 operating system.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for awarding the course-unit credit:
1. Active participation in seminars will be assessed by teacher.
2. Success exercise of credit

Form of examination: Combined, composed of two parts:
1. Written part – case (MS office)
2. Oral part – theory

Course curriculum

- introdution in informatics, numeration systems, conversion, ASCII and UNICODE
- hardware, OS Windows, MS Powerpoint
- MS Word - basic, formating of text, summary, grids-tables
- MS Excel - formating ,sorting, filtering
- MS Excel - function, conting. table, graphs
- basic knowledge of database in MS Access

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for solution of tasks in the field of computer technology with respect to hardware (PC architecture and configuration), as well as software: operating systems (MS Windows 7), application software (MS Office).

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Control of results of independent work on specified tasks. In case of absence from seminars, teacher can set elaboration of additional task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Barilla, Jiří, Microsoft Excel 2010 :podrobná uživatelská příručka / Vyd. 1. Brno : Computer Press, 2010. 416 s. : il. ; 23 cm. ISBN 978-80-251-3031-5 (brož.) (CS)
Michael J. Young, Michael Halvorson : Mistrovství v Microsoft Office System 2003 - Computer Press 2004, ISBN 80-251-0222-x (CS)

Recommended reading

Josef Hradský : PowerPoint 2003 snadno a rychle, Grada, Praha 2004, ISBN : 8024709031 (CS)
Michal Politzer, Jakub Pecha : 1001 tipů a triků pro Microsoft Windows XP , Computer Press, Brno 2002, ISBN 8072266861 (CS)
Roubal Pavel : Hardware pro úplné začátečníky, Computer Press, Brno 2002, ISBN 8072267302 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-UAD , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Dydowicz, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are as follows:
- Operating system (MS Windows)
- Application software (MS Excel, MS Word, MS ACCESS, MS PowerPoint)
- Communication software (MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook)
- PC Hardware

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Tereza Šustrová, Ph.D.
Ing. Zdeněk Brož, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are as follows:
- Operating system (MS Windows 7)
- Application software (MS Excel, MS Word, MS ACCESS, MS PowerPoint)
- Communication software (MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook)
- PC Hardware