Course title
コンピュータ基礎   [Basic Computer Science]
Course category technology speciality courses,ets.  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 14  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 021207
Instructor(s)
岩渕 研吾   [IWAFUCHI Kengo]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
Computer literacy is indispensable for the study and research in the university life. This course provides students with the basic literacy to use computer as a useful tool through a series of practices that includes some application software for preparing reports/presentations, programming language and simulation software.
Expected Learning
Learners who complete this course will be able to:
(1) Prepare a brief report/presentation using Word, Excel, PowerPoint
(2) Code simple programs for data analyses and numerical calculations
(3) Understand the basic procedure of atomic/molecular simulations
Course schedule
1. Basic Operation(1) : Basic operation of computer, Internet, mail, network etiquette
2.Basic Operation(2) : Input method of Japanese, Operation of file/folder with filer
3. Office (1) : Preparation of report with Word
4. Office (2) : Spreadsheet calculation and graph drawing with Excel
5. Office (3) : Preparation of presentation with PowerPoint
6. Programming (1) : File/directory, operation with command prompt
7. Programming (2) : Procedure of coding and executing of Java program
8. Programming (3) : Constants and variables, operators and mathematical functions, console input/output
9. Programming (4) : Array, condition control statements, loop control statements
10. Programming (5) : File input/output, description of output format
11. Programming (6) : Coding of simple program (1)
12. Programming (7) : Coding of simple program (2)
13. Computational Chemistry (1) : Preparation of molecular model, execution of molecular orbital calculation
14. Computational Chemistry (2) : Outline of output file,visualization of molecular orbitals
15. Final examination : All topics in this course may be covered
Prerequisites
No basic knowledge on the operation of computer is required.
Required Text(s) and Materials
No text is specified. Handouts will be distributed in the course.
References
There are many reference books on the topics of Windows, Office (Word,Excel,PowerPoint), Java, programming from introductory to advanced level. It will be good experience to search and select your favorite books.
Assessment/Grading
Basically, attendance and assignment reports are worth 60 %, final examination is worth 40 %. Quality of contents in the reports and examination will be taken into account in evaluation.
2016 Evaluation distribution:S 14%, A 40 %, B 42 %, C 0 %, D 4 %
2015 Evaluation distribution:S 8%, A 50 %, B 32 %, C 6 %, D 4 %
2014 Evaluation distribution:S 11%, A 48 %, B 26 %, C 11 %, D 4 %
Message from instructor(s)
“Practice makes perfect” in computer literacy. It is important to use computer as often as possible to get used to it. If you master the operation of computer, you can assign sufficient time to your study and research that must be your original purpose.
Course keywords
computer, programming, computational chemistry
Office hours
Mail address : iwafuchi.computer@gmail.com
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3/16/2017 3:18:49 PM