Introduction to Computers

Instructor:

殷堂凱, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
Office hours: Thursday 7-8
Office: 理工二 305
Phone: 07-5919515
Email: tkyin@nuk.edu.tw

TA:

Time:

Lectures: Thursday 2-4

Location:

Lectures: 第一綜合教室 102

Labs: 第一綜合教室 206

Objectives:

1. Understanding how the computers operate and writing programs to solve problems.

2. Learning C language in structured program developments

Lecture content:

1. Basic Concepts: hardware, system unit, storage, input and output, software, OS,  Internet, e-commerce

2. C programming language: variable names, scopes, control procedure, data types, subroutines

Lecture syllabus:  

　

Lecture	Date	Subject	Note
1	9/22	Introduction to the World of Computers
2	9/29	Using Your PC, Windows, and the Web	HW1 due
3	10/6	The System Unit: Processing and Memory	HW2 due
4	10/13	Storage	HW3 due
5	10/20	Input and Output	HW4 due
6	10/27	System Software: Operating Systems and Utilities	HW5 due
7	11/3	Application Software	HW6 due
8	11/10	Computer Networks	HW7 due
9	11/17	Midterm exam
10	11/24	The Internet and World Wide Web
11	12/1	Multimedia and the Web	HW8 due
12	12/8	E-Commerce	HW9 due
13	12/15	Introduction to C Programming	HW10 due
14	12/22	C Program Control	HW11 due
15	12/29	C Functions	HW12 due
16	1/5	C Arrays	HW13 due
17	1/12	C Formatted Input/Output	HW14 due
18	1/19	Final exam

Grade:

• Midterm (30%)
• Final (40%)
• 14 Homework assignments (30%)
• Class attendance (-5% ~ +5%)

Textbook:

Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, 10th Edition, by Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker, 2004. 滄海代理

References:

•  C How To Program, Fourth Edition, by H. M. Deitel and P. J. Deitel, Pearson, 2004. 全華代理
•  Computers, Information Technology in Perspective, Twelfth Edition, by Larry Long and Nancy Long, Pearson, 2005.