computing concepts week 1: introduction brian farrimond
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Computing Concepts
Week 1: IntroductionBrian Farrimond
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Contents Course structure General information Course Content
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Computing Concepts Delivered as two separate
strands Computer Systems Structured Problem Solving
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Computing Concepts
Course LeadersComputer Systems
Alma Whitfield – [email protected] FML 414
* * * * * * * * *Structured Problem Solving
Stewart Blakewway – [email protected] FML 213
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How the course is structured Computer Systems
Lecture on Tuesdays at 2.00 pm in FML009 plus one seminar (see own timetable)
Structured Problem Solving Lecture on Mondays at 2.00 pm in
FML014 plus one seminar (see own timetable)
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Faculty of Sciences and Social Sciences Within the Faculty are Departments of: Business, (inc Marketing and Law)
Psychology, Sports Psychology Computer Science
Information Technology Programme/Pathway
Creative Computing Programme BSc Computing Programme/Pathway QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
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Faculty of Sciences and Social Sciences If you are on one of our
programmes or else are on a joint degree in which both pathways are in this faculty then ...
.. you belong to this Faculty (Metaphorical group hug!)
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You should be taking this course if you are taking ... BSc Information Technology
Programme or Pathway
BSc Creative Computing Programme
Second Year QTS specialising in IT
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Study requirements For each course that you are studying,
you will have six hours contact time and in addition to that will be expected to spend six hours self study.
Computing Concepts: Two separate one hour lectures. Two separate seminars each lasting
two hours
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General information
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Queries or Issues to be addressedIf you have queries or issues with specific
courses you should:1. Speak to your Seminar Tutor2. If unresolved by seminar tutor, speak to the
course leader for the appropriate strand (Stewart or Alma)
3. Still need help: speak to Cohort Tutor (Alma)4. Not sorted yet: speak to the programme
leader (Steve Presland)5. Still unresolved: speak to the Head of
Department (Prof Atulya Nagar)
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Staff/Student Liaison Meetings Provide opportunity to put forward issues
that arise during the year. Representatives from all years attend 4
meetings per year with staff. You are the voice of the study body.
Includes: Hardware, software, course delivery
difficulties Anything else that gives cause for
concern or could improve student experience
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Student Representatives You will be able to put your name
forward for this role within first couple of weeks.
Usually four meetings per year. What you get out of it:
Good experience Looks good on CV Insight into year 2 and year 3 courses
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Student Ambassadors Student Ambassadors are involved in
student recruitment Talk to incoming or intending
students at open days and start of study
Show them around the campus Can give the student perspective Get paid for this
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Cohort tutor for Department of Computing students Alma Whitfield
Room FML 414 Email [email protected] Tel: 0151-291-3471
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Faculty Personal Tutor (1 of 10) Alma Whitfield
Room FML 414 Email [email protected] Tel: 0151-291-3471
If you have issues you wish to discuss please call to see her
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Faculty OfficeRoom HCA East Wing 002 (Ground
floor)General EnquiriesNotification of absence: Essential to notify any/all
absencesEmail [email protected] telephone 0151-291-3439
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Student monitoring University is required to monitor
student attendance Make sure you always sign the
register If you are going to miss classes
you MUST let the Faculty Office know 0151-291-3439
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Surgery Hours If you wish to see a tutor, call during
surgery hours, or sign up on the appointment list posted on the tutor’s door.
If urgent ask if they can see you outside surgery slots – best confirmed by e-mailing the tutor.
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Contacting tutors by Email Students who wish to use email to
communicate with tutors MUST use their Hope email
We may send you messages by Hope email so check it every day!
Many queries can be answered quickly by email
You can forward you Hope emails to your personal email account.
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No timetable - Confused If you have any problems or
queries please call to see Alma in FML 414 or telephone/ email Ann Coatsworth on 291 3439 (email [email protected])
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Rules Applying to the Handing in of Assignments
Download and complete the assignment cover sheet. (From the Information Portal)
Hand in your assignment with cover sheet, IN PERSON to the Gateway Desk. Assignments cannot be handed in by a third party.
If you are not able to hand in your assignment in person, complete the assignment cover sheet and send it, along with your assignment, by recorded delivery to reach us by the due date.
The assignment MUST BE accompanied by the assignment cover sheet and the plagiarism statement signed by you.
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Assignments received by post will be date stamped upon arrival.
Any assignment received by any method after the deadline on the due date will be stamped late and the time recorded on the assignment cover sheet.
Extensions for handing in assignments:
Rules Applying to the Handing in of Assignments
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Key Regulations & Policies
1f Penalties for Late Submission** The assessment is awarded zero, accompanied by grade
FL. Late submission is better than no submission!
The student may, at the discretion of the HoD /nominee, be given feedback and an indication of the mark that would have been awarded if the work had been submitted on time;
The fact that the work was submitted, and the mark it would have deserved, will be taken into account by the Board when deciding the overall outcome for the student.
** No penalty if the student kept to an extended deadline!
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If you have been given an extension to an assignment deadline you must attach the signed extension sheet to the assignment when you submit it
Rules Applying to the Handing in of Assignments
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Changing Subject If you wish to change subject ... ... you will need to make an
appointment with the Senior Academic Adviser - Mark Barrett-Baxendale, FML 302,
phone 291 3354.
- to discuss your options
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Progression to Level I (Year 2)To progress to Level I, you must
have:
COMPLETED, successfully, two 60 credit courses at Level C and achieve a Grade E or above in both courses.
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First year’s contribution to your final degree Your first year course contributes
10% to your final degree Second year contributes 30% Third Year contributes 60%
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Degree awards First Class : 70% + 2.1 : 60% + 2.2 : 50% + 3rd : 40% +
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Degree awards First Class : 70% + 2.1 : 60% + 2.2 : 50% + 3rd : 40% +• If you scrape through Computing Concepts doing the bare minimum you will get 2%. If you do really well you can get 5%
• If you scrape through both Level C courses you will get 4%. If you do really well you can get 10%
• The choice is yours !
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What do you need to succeed?
The most important thing to do is:
Attend your courseIf you have any problems, tell us.
But always Attend your course
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Aims of the course To provide: an overview of the
principal concepts of modern computing including: the computer system networks the nature and creation of software the role of the system software and a study of a range of software
development approaches and techniques.
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To provide: practical experience of using computer
programming to solve problems practical experience of using standard
applications to create a range of documents
an understanding of social and ethical issues in the context of IT
in students key generic skills in group working, report writing and making oral presentations
Aims of the course
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Summary of Materials Covered Computer systems, Computer networks Programming concepts Problem solving techniques Program design techniques Programming to solve well specified problems Concepts of file organisation Concepts of data structures Alternative software development approaches
and techniques Use of standard applications in a Windows
environment (word processing, presentation graphics)
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Learning Outcomes On completing this course
successfully you will be able to: understand at a conceptual level the
principles of computer systems, networks, the internet and HTML.
understand at a conceptual level the nature of software and how it is created
understand at a practical level a range of software development approaches and techniques
use computer programming to solve well specified problems
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Learning Outcomes On completing this course
successfully you will be able to: work in teams and individually to
produce and present quality reports and presentations
understand and explain social or ethical issues in the context of IT
understand and explain aspects of real world computer systems
demonstrate that you can reflect upon your learning and plan for your development
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Additional Skills Developed SK1 work successfully in a group towards
a given goal SK2 participate in a successful
presentation SK3 produce a successful report using a
range of formats SK4 reflect meaningfully on work done SK5 explain technical aspects to a non-
technical audience
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Computing Concepts Schedule
Week 1 Introduction to Programming
Week 7 Java basics
Week 2 Introduction to Structured Problem Solving
Week 8 Java: Selection and Repetition
Week 3 Algorithms Week 9 Java: Loops within loops
Week 4 Variables and Trace Tables
Week 10 Java: Strings
Week 5 Steps in Problem Solving
Week 11 Test Revision and Test
Week 6 Problem Solving Exercises
Christmas
Structured Problem Solving
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Week 12 Data Structures Week 19 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 13 Data Structures Week 20 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 14 Data Structures Week 21 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 15 Data Structures Week 22 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 16 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 23 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 17 Object Oriented Concepts
Easter
Week 18 Object Oriented Concepts
Week 24 Object Oriented Concepts
Computing Concepts Schedule
Structured Problem Solving
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This is a 60 credit course 6 hours per week in class 6 hours per week self study
Do you want a good grade?
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Course resources Web site Course texts Course software
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Course texts Before Christmas
Computer Systems by Brian Farrimond and Stewart Blakeway, published in-house, price £5.00.
Structured Problem Solving by George Herterich and Brian Farrimond published in-house, price £5.00.
After Christmas From Data Structures to Java, Brian
Farrimond and George Herterich, published in-house, price £5.00.
See tutor about purchasing books
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Course software You will be using the following free
software:: Before Christmas: two in-house
programs, 3-Bit Processor and Java Trainer, both developed by Brian Farrimond,
After Christmas: BlueJ which is a Java Integrated Development Environment designed especially for teaching and learning.(http://www.bluej.org/)
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Questions ?