COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CME 1003 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ENGINEERING COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Computer Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YALÇIN ÇEBI

Offered to

Computer Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give the students basic knowledge about computer hardware, arithmetic and architecture, computer networks, operating systems, web design and scripting languages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have basic information about basic computer hardware and software
2   To solve problems by means of computer arithmetic
3   To understand basics of computer architecture
4   To use UNIX Based systems
5   To design basic web pages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Computer Science as a Discipline; Basic Principles of Laboratory Usage
2 Computers And Computer History; General Usage Information
3 Computer Hardware; Computer Disassemble-Reassemble, Analyzing Secondary Storage Devices
4 Computer Software; Word processors and Spreadsheet programs
5 Operating Systems; Introduction to LINUX Usage and LINUX Commands
6 Data Representation; Data Representation Applications
7 Binary Arithmetic; Binary Arithmetic Software Development
8 Midterm Exam, Introduction to LINUX
9 Computer Architecture; LINUX Installation and Management
10 Computer Architecture; LINUX Installation and Management (cont'd)
11 Programming; LINUX Scripting
12 Programming; LINUX Scripting (cont'd)
13 Data Communication; Web Design and Programming
14 Computer Networks; Web Page Development with HTML

Recomended or Required Reading

Reed, David, Computer Science, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-127774-X, New Jersey, 2004
French, C.S., Computer Science 4/e, DP Publications, ISBN 1-873981-19, London, 1992
Parsons, J.J., Oja, D., New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 6th Edition, Course Technology, Thomson Learning, ISBN 0 619-10005 2., 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, laboratory work and interactive discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students have to prepare formal reports for their homeworks and submit them to the instructor in the given time period.

Assessment Criteria

The course outcomes, 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be evaluated with exams.
The outcomes, 1, 2 and 3 will be mainly evaluated with Midterm Exam.
The outcomes 4 and 5 will be mainly evaluated with homeworks.
In the final exam, considering the evaluation ratios of course outcomes 4 and 5 with homeworks, questions will be designed to evaluate course outcomes 1, 2 and 3 mainly, and the outcomes 4 and 5 commonly.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Every student is expected to attend to the lectures (%70), laboratories (%80) and also present their homeworks in a formal document.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University
Engineering Faculty
Department of Computer Engineering
Tınaztepe Campus 35160 Buca/IZMIR
Room: 221; Tel: (232) 301 74 07
e-mail1: yalcin.cebi@deu.edu.tr ; e-mail2: yalcin@cs.deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Depends on the weekly plan of each semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.132344
LO.2554431
LO.33241
LO.443454444
LO.54554554544