Course detail

Information Technology

FAST-BU01Acad. year: 2012/2013

Computer principles - basic computer components, cooperation of processor with memory and peripheral devices,
peripheral device controllers, I/O ports, interrupts, DMA, standard computer interface.
Operating system, its meaning, structure and classification.
The main tasks of the operating system - managing of processes, memory and files, using OS.
Computer networks, Internet - principles, network protocols and services.
Fundamentals of relational databases.
Fundamentals of Computer Graphics.
Fundamentals of typography, document processing.
Advanced engineering problems in MS Excel.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Jiří Macur, CSc.

Department

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science (AIU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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 architecture, its components and principles of operation. They obtain an overview of the main tasks of operating systems and applications software.
Students extend their skills of user control of operating system and its basic administration.
In addition, students will learn about the principles of computer graphics, computer networks, security mechanisms and the basic rules of computer typography.

Prerequisites

Basics of Computer Science within the scope of secondary school.

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

Active participation in the exercises. Test of knowledge discussed in the lectures. Individual solution of selected engineering problems using the discussed methods in MS Excel.

Course curriculum

1. CPU and operating memory, data reprezentation, instruction set
2. Program and subroutines, stack, CPU registers, I/O system, IRQ, DMA, I/O ports, I/O bus (ISA, PCI, AGP)
3. Basic input/output periferal devices: keyboard, monitor, disk memory
4. Standard PC interfaces: parallel and serial ports, USB
5. Operations principles of standard periferals
6. Operating systems: meaning and classification. Windows and Unix OS, file system structure in various types of OS, booting of OS.
7. User interface in Windows and Unix
8-9. Basics of Data Mangement. Data models, relational model, DB system architecture.
10. Primary and foreign keys, data integrity and consistency, bussines rules and constraints, query languages.
11-12. Computer Graphics, vector and raster formats, palettes, color spaces, graphic primitives, main technologies: rendering, shading, ray-tracing.
13. Basics of computer typography, typeface and its classification, typographical units, type setting and typographic composition, text and format processors, markup format languages.
Training: engineering data manipulation in spreadsheet - design of tables, formulas, charts, database applications, optimization

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basics theoretical knowledges of computer science necessary for the whole study of civil engineering. Mastering of spreadsheets for engineering calculus.

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

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DODGE, M., DOUGLAS, C.S.: Mistrovství v Microsoft Excel 2010. COMPUTER PRESS, 2011. (CS)

Recommended reading

DEMBOWSKI, K.: Mistrovství v HARDWARE. COMPUTER PRESS, 2009. (CS)
DRÁB, M.: Jádro systému Windows. COMPUTER PRESS, 2011. (CS)
Milenkovic, M.: Operating Systems: Concepts and Design, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992. (EN)
NOVOTNÁ, H. a kol.: Základy informatiky. FAST VUT Brno, elektronické studijní opory, 2009. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Jiří Macur, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Processor and memory, memory structure, data representation, the instruction set.
2. Processor registers, memory bus, classification of instructions.
3. Principles of cooperation with peripheral devices, I/O controllers, ports, interrupts, DMA. The concept of the program and subroutine, stack, file system.
4. Operating systems, importance and classification. The main tasks of the OS, process management, memory management, management of peripheral devices.
5. The main principles and trends in MS Windows and Unix-like systems, file system access, user interface.
6. Fundamentals of the Internet and its services. Solutions of computer security.
7. Computer graphic, representation of the color, palette. Formats of raster graphics data.
8. Vector graphics formats. Graphic primitives, basic graphic simulation technology.
9. Fundamentals of computer typography, fonts, typography measures, page format and publishing, basic programs for word processing, page description languages​​.
10. Important principles of using MS Word - document organization, styles, templates, embedded objects management, object references.
11. Fundamentals of mass data processing. Data models, primary and foreign keys, data integrity, business rules and constraints, query languages​​.
12. Overview of the database tools and SQL.
13. Resources for working with database in MS Excel.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Jiří Macur, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Basic concepts - workbook, worksheet, cell. Cells format in appearance and content. Built-in data types and their properties.
2. Formula - complete and partial address of range. Simple arithmetic formulas and principles of copying, the absolute and relative addresses.
3.-4. Built-in functions - mathematical, string, date and time.
5.-6. Chart - types and distribution of chart components. The definition of a data series of chart. Advanced formatting of the chart.
7. Engineering problems using formulas and graphs, statistical data processing.
8. A simple simulation of initial value problems.
9. "What if" analysis.
10. Database in MS Excel - data import, integration with data warehouse (Internet, SQL Server, OLE).
11. Pivot tables as the query language.
12. Optimization tool Solver in MS Excel.
13. Skills testing.