Guide to the subject of Computer Basics
School year 2011/2012 1st. term
Guidelines for the term
The name of the subject COMPUTER BASICS I
The type (character) of the subject General introductory course
Number of lectures per week Theory: 1
Practice: 1
Total: 2
Type of he exam: practice mark
The credit value of the subject: two
Prerequisites necessaries for the subject: zero
The objective of subject:
Require our students are to obtain the skill of using computers in their daily work with ease.
The aim of this subject is to develop the business purpose computer skill of the students.
Material for the semester:
Lectures
Fundamental concepts of information
technology
Computer architecture and its functional and
logical units.
Units of measures in informatics and
hardware
The concept and the classification of
software
Operating systems their types, functions,
attributes and user interfaces
Application software’s
Requirements of the text processing- Formal
requirements and elements of business
correspondence
The presentation as a special case of word
processing; its most important elements of
form and content
The features of the internet.
WEB Basics. Elements of making WEB
pages.
Techniques of WEB page editing
Philosophy of spreadsheet. Data types in
spreadsheet. Addressing modes. Copying.
Formulae and simple functions.
Compound functions and processes.
Decision making tools: of: case study, goal
seeking, formatted report
Practice
Working environment in computer labs.
Basic elements of the LAN
How to use the Windows operating system
Basic, general applications.
Word processing
Making presentations
Editing WEB pages.
Spreadsheet
The detailed requirements are shown on the homepage of the department
Required readings:
dr. Jánosa András and his team: Computer in practice (Hungarian language).
Evaluation of students’ performance
Students are given a practical mark at the end of the semester
Mid-term exams
It is compulsory to write two 80-minute mid-term exams during the weeks assigned for the
mid-term exams and to submit homework independently to get practice mark. The duration of
the written examinations is 80 minutes.
Mid term exams
1. week of mid-term exams: 24-28 October 2011 (8th week of the term)Subject
Duration (minutes) Score
Test
WORD
POWERPOINT
10
45
25
10
20
10
Total
80
40
2.
week of mid-term exams: 12-16 December 2011 (15th week of the term)
Subject
Duration (minutes)
Score
Test
WEB
EXCEL
10
20
50
10
15
35
Total
80
60
The time available is 80 minutes for each exam.
During the mid-term exams are allowed to use:
 His/Her own lecture-notes
 The printed textbook
The conditions of having the exam book signed:
The conditions of having the exam book signed is to submit a homework and participation in
the required number of practice hours. The acceptable limit of absence: 1/5th of the total
duration of obligatory session. If absence exceeds half of the total time of sessions the course
must be repeated. If absence exceeds 1/5th but less than half of the total time of session
students must follow the requirements of the department. If such a procedure is required it
must be announced at the home page of the department.
The scores of the mid-term exams can be converted into end of term marks only if the student
has achieved at least 30% in every part of the mid-term exams.
Tests (the two) 3 scores, Word 6 scores, PowerPoint 3 scores, Web 5 scores, Excel 10 scores.
The mark according to the total scores:
0
49
1
50
64
2
65
76
3
77
90
4
91
100
5
According to the Study and Examination Rules it is compulsory to ensure one occasion for
repeated examination in the first week of the examination term to the students with a signature
but with an unsatisfactory mark (1)
The members and the time of consultation of the computer staff of the department:
In the time signed the members of the department give helpSenior lecturer
College professor
Assistant professor
Head of the section
Lecturer
Manager of the computer center
Relief from participation
With credits previously obtained in the basic training of any BBS institution, the course is
considered completed (if the student chose the traditional form of training). No previous
credit is acknowledged in the Bologna system. Studies and credits conducted in computer
science or information technology as well as credits obtained in other institutions of higher
education can be acknowledged based on individual evaluations according to the credit
accounting procedures (on the basis of the decision of the Credit Accounting Committee).
Qualification in information technology or computer science can be acknowledged upon
individual requests (following the decision of the Credit Accounting Committee). No other
reasons can be regarded to relieve a student from participating in the course.