The course is included in these curricula and study modules
It 2005 - 2006 - System and application programs
Level/category
Teaching language
Swedish
Type of course
Compulsory
Recommended year of study
1
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
The aim of the course is to give the students an introduction to information technology with a focus on personal computers, application programs used in PC's and data networks.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:
- use computers in school and understand how the IT infrastructure is organized
- use word processors, spreadsheets, databases and data communication tools
- explain principles of software development
- describe at a general level computer harware, operating systems and harware/software interaction
- have a general understanding of computer networks
- present principles of data security
Course contents
The architecture of PC computers
PC hardware and peripherals
Data representation
Software (algorithms, programming languages and software engineering)
Operating systems
Common PC applicaion tools
comuter networks
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Recommended or required reading
J. Glenn Brookshear: computer science; an overview
Study activities
- Lectures - 38 hours
- Exercise based learning - 23 hours
- Laboratory lessons and tasks in a simulated environment - 3 hours
- Tuition managed by students but supervised by the teacher - 6 hours
- Project work and productions - 23 hours
- Individual studies - 35 hours
- - 5 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 133 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 63 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 70 hours
Mode of Delivery
Multiform education
Assessment methods
- Exams
- Reports and productions
- Essays
Examiner
Karlsson Hanne
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until date 2007-08-31
The timetable of the course
Se hemsidan.
Assessment methods
- 2006-10-30 - Exams
- 2006-10-10 - Reports and productions
- 2006-10-31 - Essays