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Introduction to Computer Science

Some basic information about the module

Cycle of education: 2019/2020

The name of the faculty organization unit: The faculty Mathematics and Applied Physics

The name of the field of study: Mathematics

The area of study: sciences

The profile of studing:

The level of study: first degree study

Type of study: full time

discipline specialities : Applications of Mathematics in Economics

The degree after graduating from university: bachelor's degree

The name of the module department : Departament of Mathematical Modelling

The code of the module: 1057

The module status: mandatory for teaching programme Applications of Mathematics in Economics

The position in the studies teaching programme: sem: 2 / W15 L30 / 4 ECTS / Z

The language of the lecture: Polish

The name of the coordinator: Andrzej Włoch, DSc, PhD

semester 2: Dawid Jaworski, PhD, Eng.

The aim of studying and bibliography

The main aim of study: Computer software for mathematical calculations and typesetting mathematical documents.

The general information about the module: The course includes an introduction to LaTeX typesetting system, Computer Algebra System – MAXIMA and LibreOffice. Students learn typesetting documents with mathematical formulas and perform computations.

Bibliography required to complete the module
Bibliography used during lectures
1 Tobias Oetiker Nie za krótkie wprowadzenie do systemu LAT E X 2ε http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/polish/. 2007
2 Maxima 5.35.1 Manual http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/manual/maxima.html.
3 LaTeX documentation http://latex-project.org/guides/.
Bibliography used during classes/laboratories/others
1 E. Woollett Maxima by Example http://web.csulb.edu/~woollett/.
Bibliography to self-study
1 LibreOffice 4.0 - 4.1 User Guides http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/.
2 Maxima Documentation http://maxima.sourceforge.net/documentation.html.
3 TeX http://www.gust.org.pl/doc/documentation.

Basic requirements in category knowledge/skills/social competences

Formal requirements: The student satisfies the formal requirements set out in the study regulations

Basic requirements in category knowledge: none

Basic requirements in category skills: none

Basic requirements in category social competences: none

Module outcomes

MEK The student who completed the module Types of classes / teaching methods leading to achieving a given outcome of teaching Methods of verifying every mentioned outcome of teaching Relationships with KEK Relationships with PRK
01 Student is able to create a document containing lists, mathematical expressions and simple tables in LaTeX system using document classes article and book. lecture, laboratory written work, project K_W08+
K_K03+++
K_K04+++
P6S_KK
P6S_KO
P6S_KR
P6S_WG
02 Student is able to typeset in LaTeX document mathematical formulas, equations, matrices, system of equations and others. lecture, laboratory written work, project K_W08+
K_K03+++
P6S_KO
P6S_KR
P6S_WG
03 Student has skills to perform calculations in CAS Maxima, solve equations and system of equations, define a function and draw a graph of a function. Moreover, student is able to copy results of calculations in Maxima to the LaTeX document. lecture, laboratory written work, project K_W08+++
K_U28++
K_U35++
P6S_UK
P6S_UO
P6S_UW
P6S_WG
04 Student has a basic skills to use spreadsheet Calc and to typeset in Writer a document containing mathematical formulas and tables. lecture, laboratory written work K_W11+
K_U28+++
K_K04+++
P6S_KK
P6S_KR
P6S_UK
P6S_UO
P6S_UW
P6S_WK

Attention: Depending on the epidemic situation, verification of the achieved learning outcomes specified in the study program, in particular credits and examinations at the end of specific classes, can be implemented remotely (real-time meetings).

The syllabus of the module

Sem. TK The content realized in MEK
2 TK01 Health and safety working with computer, licenses and copyrights, protection of personal data, the concept of computer science W01 MEK01 MEK03 MEK04
2 TK02 Process of creating document in LaTeX. Structure of the tex file. Classes article and book. W01, L01 MEK01
2 TK03 LaTeX. Document layout, page layout. Lists. W02, L02 MEK01
2 TK04 LaTeX. Formatting tabular. W02,L03 MEK01
2 TK05 LaTeX. Mathematical expressions, symbols, formulas. W03,L04 MEK02
2 TK06 LaTeX. Matrices and system of equations. W03,L05 MEK02
2 TK07 MAXIMA as a calculator. W04,L06 MEK03
2 TK08 MAXIMA. Solving equations and system of equations. W04,L07,L08 MEK03
2 TK09 MAXIMA. Copying results of calculations from MAXIMA to LaTeX. L08,L09,L11 MEK02 MEK03
2 TK10 MAXIMA. Operations on lists and matrices, matrix calculations. W05,L09 MEK03
2 TK11 MAXIMA. Functions, function graphs. W05,L10 MEK03
2 TK12 Introduction to spreadsheet Calc. W06,L12 MEK04
2 TK13 Documents with mathematical expressions in Writer. W07,L13 MEK04

The student's effort

The type of classes The work before classes The participation in classes The work after classes
Lecture (sem. 2) The preparation for a test: 15.00 hours/sem.
contact hours: 15.00 hours/sem.
Laboratory (sem. 2) The preparation for a Laboratory: 15.00 hours/sem.
contact hours: 30.00 hours/sem.
Finishing/Making the report: 15.00 hours/sem.
Others: 10.00 hours/sem.
Advice (sem. 2)
Credit (sem. 2) The preparation for a Credit: 3.00 hours/sem.
The written credit: 2.00 hours/sem.

The way of giving the component module grades and the final grade

The type of classes The way of giving the final grade
Lecture The list of attendance
Laboratory Two practical tests
The final grade The average of the marks obtained in tests and projects.

Sample problems

Required during the exam/when receiving the credit
(-)

Realized during classes/laboratories/projects
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Others
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Can a student use any teaching aids during the exam/when receiving the credit : yes

Available materials :

The contents of the module are associated with the research profile: no