B.A. (Mahayana Studies)000-209 Introduction to Computer Science

November 2005 - March 2006

0. Preliminaries Some background information for this course.

Dr. Andrew Davisonad@fivedots.coe.psu.ac.thDept. of Computer EngineeringPrince of Songkla UniversityHat Yai, Songkhla 90112Tel: 074 287 379

Please askquestions.

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Overview

1. Outline of the Course 2. Meeting Times 3. Workload 4. Course Materials 5. Reading Materials

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1. Outline of the Course

The syllabus states: A study of computer technology, with an attention to

numerical systems, hardware and software, various programmes of computer science, introduction to computer science, management of files, including graphics programme.

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Details

1. What is a Computer? 2. Software 3. Office Tools 4. Files and Data Storage 5. The Motherboard 6. Choosing a Computer

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7. Local Area Networks and E-mail 8. The Internet 9. Safety and Security 10. Multimedia Data 11. Communications Systems 12. Logo (Part 1) 13. Logo (Part 2)

I'll teach parts 12 and 13 earlier, in the middle of the semester

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Prerequisites

I don't assume you have any previous knowledge of computer science.

It would help if you've 'played' with a computer a bit e.g. surf the Web, play some games, open some files

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2. Meeting Times

I will be visiting Mahapanya Vidayalai for 2 hours each week.

The times have not yet been decided.

You are very welcome to e-mail or phone me outside of class times.

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3. Workload (% of total score)

Three exercises: 30% (3 *10%) answers will need to be written in English one of the exercises will probably contain

programming questions using MSW Logo

Midterm Exam: 25% (2 hours) Final Exam: 45% (3 hours)

both exams will be closed book, and use English.

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MSW Logo

MSW Logo is a fun programming language, that moves a turtle around the computer screen.

You can download the software, and some background information, from: http://fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/~ad/introCS/

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4. Course Materials

I will hand out one copy of my slides, and the exercises.

Course materials are also available at:http://fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/~ad/introCS/

if you print the slides out, use 6 slides to the page to save trees

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5. Reading Materials

The main textbook: Discovering Computers 2001

Shelly, Cashman, VermaatCourse Technology

http://www.scsite.com/dc2001/

I will call this DC2001 Mahapanya Vidayalai has a copy. The website is very good.

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I may ask you to read (small) parts of DC2001.

The exercises will use information from my slides and DC2001.