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Informatics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:07.02.2022 13:37:52
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | FK_003 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Physics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Didzis Lauva | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Physics | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Anniņmuižas boulevard 26a, 1st floor, office 147a and b, fizika rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061539 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | High school computer science knowledge. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To increase the knowledge and competence about contemporary computer system appliance in modern life and work environment, about data management, analysis, modelling and cloud co-working. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Google and its endless possibilities | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Working in clouds and building a teamwork. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Workflow and team management tools, Agile phylosophy, Jira and Youtrack | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | LaTeX importance in technical texts (https://www.overleaf.com/) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Graphical programming (AppInventor, Scratch) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Graphical programming (AppInventor, Scratch) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Repl.IT Insight in mathematical modelling and classical programming | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Different operation systems and virtual machines. OSes, Linux. Command line tool benefits. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Internet of Things (IoT), HW coding (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP8266, http://easycoding.tn/) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Prepare and give a presentation on one of the selected core topics of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in workshops, successful completion of two or three tests. (Teamwork / Software / (+) / Hardware) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The aim of the study course is to provide students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge of modern informatics elements and their essence, effective organization of group work simultaneously and remotely, advantages of various information systems (software and hardware), including Internet, as well as to introduce graphic and classic programming. To the extent possible, to develop an efficient organization of individual work and teamwork among students, to optimize students work with information and various modern information systems. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of successful completion of the course students will be able to: select the information necessary for their studies in the optimal amount of health care; design study papers using different types of fields - table of contents, references, signatures; to renew fields in study work; obtain data through an appropriate questionnaire using forms and the Internet; prepare data for processing in MS Excel; select data by various criteria; perform calculations with data. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of the study course students will be able to select the information necessary for their studies, to design study papers, to obtain and prepare data. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Datubāzu veidošana un lietošana. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2013, 152 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Izklājlapas. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2013, 185 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Prezentācija. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2013, 143 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Tekstapstrāde. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2013, 267 lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Stephen, M. Teach Yourself. PowerPoint 2007. | ||||||||
| 2 | Stephen, M. Teach Yourself. Word 2007. | ||||||||
| 3 | Stephen, M. Teach Yourself. Excel 2007. | ||||||||
| 4 | Johnson, S. MS Access 2007. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.ecdl.org. | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.ecdl.lv | ||||||||
