Week |
Day |
Topic |
| Jul 17 - 21 |
Mon |
Introduction / Bits, bytes, digital information
|
| Wed |
Hardware, components of a computer system
|
| Fri |
Software, licences, conventions
|
| Jul 24 - 28 |
Mon |
Introduction to networking and the Internet
|
| Wed |
Electronic Communication and the Internet
|
| Fri |
Publishing online using tools - blogs, wikis
|
| Aug 1 - 5 |
Mon |
The World Wide Web
|
| Wed |
Word processing, preferences, styles, references using EndNote
|
| Fri |
Bitmap and Vector graphics
|
| Aug 7 - 11 |
Mon |
XHTML
|
| Wed |
XHTML and CSS
|
| Fri |
CSS
|
| Aug 14 - 18 |
Mon |
PowerPoint
|
| Wed |
Presentation design - web pages and PowerPoint
|
| Fri |
Test revision
|
| Aug 22 - 26 |
Mon |
No lecture today |
| Tues |
Mid-semester Test 6:30 |
| Wed |
No lecture today |
| Fri |
No lecture today |
| Aug 28 - Sep 1 |
Mid-semester break |
| Sep 4 - 8 |
| Sep 11 - 15 |
Mon |
Spreadsheets - part 1
|
| Wed |
Spreadsheets - part 2
|
| Fri |
Special topic - artificial intelligence
|
| Sep 18 - 22 |
Mon |
Databases - understanding and creating databases
|
| Wed |
Databases - queries
|
| Fri |
Special topic - security
|
| Sep 25 - 29 |
Mon |
Programming - introduction, printing to output, variables
|
| Wed |
Programming - conditions
|
| Fri |
Programming - loops
|
| Oct 2 - 6 |
Mon |
LaTeX - part 1
|
| Wed |
LaTeX - part 2
|
| Fri |
Special topic - history
|
| Oct 9 - 13 |
Mon |
Special topic - social and legal issues
|
| Wed |
Special topic - bioinformatics
|
| Fri |
Exam revision
|
| Oct 16 - 20 |
|
No lectures this week |
