B.A.

(Mahayana Studies)
000-209 Introduction to Computer Science
November 2005 - March 2006

0. Preliminaries
Some background information
for this course.

Dr. Andrew Davison

ad@fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th

Dept. of Computer Engineering

Prince of Songkla University
Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112
Tel: 074 287 379

Please ask
questions.

Overview

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Outline of the Course

Meeting Times
Workload
Course Materials
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)
I'll teach parts 12 and 13
earlier, in the middle of
13. Logo (Part 2)

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the semester

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, Vermaat
Course 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.

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