Course outline

School

Economics & Social Sciences

Department

Business Administration

Level of Studies

Undergraduate

Course code

105

Semester

^1ο

Course title

Informatics I

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Weekly teaching hours
-

ECTS

4

5

Type of course

mandatory/general background

Prerequisite course

ΝΟ

Language of instruction and exams

Greek

The course is offered to Erasmus students

ΝΟ

Course URL

ΤΒΑ

Learning outcomes

The purpose of the course is for the students to come into contact and get to know the introductory concepts of the main subjects of computer science. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to know:

• - The basic categories of computers and architecture of computer systems
• - The main introductory concepts of computer networks and Internet services
• - The main introductory data storage concepts
• - Software for business and information systems
• - Internet applications, social networks and business
• - Cyber security
• - Introduction to algorithms and programming languages.

General Skills

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

• Use of the e-learning systems available at the University of Thessaly
• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Autonomous as well as teamwork
• Development of algorithmic thinking
• Planning and managing group work (projects)

The course includes a number of lectures covering the following topics:

• Categories of computer systems and computer architecture

- Laptops, mobile computing, distributed computing, servers, cloud computing

• - The main introductory concepts of computer networks and Internet services

- The concept of computer network

- Network protocols

- The structure of the internet

- Basic internet services

• - The main introductory data storage concepts

- Database systems

- The relational model

- The SQL language

- The XML language

• - Software for business and information systems

- Business resource planning systems

- Customer relationship management systems

- Supply chain systems

• - Social networks and their business use

- Basic concepts of websites

- Basic concepts of social networks

- The use of social networks in businesses

• - Cyber security

- Internet safety

- Dangers on the internet

• - Introduction to algorithms and programming languages

- Basic algorithmic concepts

- Designing simple applications

- Basic programming commands

- The Python language

TEACHING METHOD

face-to-face & laboratory exercises

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

STUDENT EVALUATION

Written Examination (WE): 50% of the total grade at the end of the semester in Greek, which includes questions (to develop) knowledge and understanding of the course content.

The marks for each question/topic are listed on the written exam topic sheet. Laboratory Exercises (LE): 50% of the total grade, which includes solving a laboratory exercise.

To be considered successful, the student's attendance must:

Final Grade (FG) FG= 0.5xFG+0.5xWE to be >=5 while,

the individual WE and LE grades to be >=4.

Introductory books:

1. Ανακαλύπτοντας τους Υπολογιστές: Εργαλεία, Εφαρμογές, Συσκευές και οι Επιπτώσεις της Τεχνολογίας, Vermaat Misty, Sebok susan, Freund Steven, Campbell Jennifer, Frydenberg Mark. Κωδικός Εύδοξος  [68373103]
2. Εισαγωγή στην πληροφορική, Evans Alan, Martin Kendall, Poatsy Mary Anne. Κωδικός Εύδοξος  [77109607]

Introduction to Python:

3.        Μανής, Γ., 2015. Εισαγωγή στον Προγραμματισμό με αρωγό τη γλώσσα Python. [ηλεκτρ. βιβλ.] Αθήνα:Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών. Διαθέσιμο στο: http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2745

4. Αγγελιδάκης, Ν., 2015. Εισαγωγή στον προγραμματισμό με την Python, Ηράκλειο. [ηλεκτρ. βιβλ.] Διαθέσιμοστο: http://aggelid.mysch.gr/ pythonbook/INTRODUCTION_TO_COMPUTER_PROGRAMMING_WITH_PYTHON.pdf