Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Computer technology fundamentals (17.Z201A)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Occupational Safety Engineering (Year: 2, Semester: Winter)
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Environmental Engineering (Year: 2, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Information-Communication Systems Computer Engineering and Computer Communication
ECTS	6

The course is intended to help students: to understand contemporary information technologies and to understand the possibilities of their appliance in environmental engineering and safety on work; to achieve computer literacy; to master methods and techniques of IT resources usage; and to learn how to use standard applications that are broadly applied in engineering practice.

By the end of the course, students should be able to use operating systems, text editors, spreadsheets, presentation and slide software and Internet services. They will be able: to understand and describe basic computer architecture, to understand functionality of computer systems; and to independently use IT resources.

Fundamental information technology concepts. Data representation. Computer architecture and functionality: basic components, their features, characteristics and behavior, comparison, merits and limitations. Microcomputers. Operating systems and application techniques. Components of information system. Geo-information systems - components and application. Introduction to computer networks and application techniques. Internet services. Programing systems. Application techniques of: text editors, spreadsheets, presentation and slide systems. Information society, trust in information society (safety, privacy, intellectual property). Technological and social perspectives: merits and limitations of information age.

Teaching is done through lectures and exercises that are performed in the computer lab.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Shelly B. G., Vermaat E. M.	Discovering Computers - Fundamentals 2011 Edition	2011	Course Technology	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00
Complex exercises	Yes	Yes	5.00
Complex exercises	Yes	Yes	15.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Complex exercises	Yes	Yes	15.00