Learning outcomes

Thanks to this course, students will be able to:
- understand and manipulate the basic mechanisms of information systems
- model computational problems
- implement computational problems in a spreadsheet program such as Excel
- create and critique graphical illustrations

Goals

The course is divided into four parts:

    Part I - Information systems: components and typology
    Main objective: to have a basic computer culture
    Part II - Calculation models: Analysis, modelling and implementation
    Main aim: to be able to model and use spreadsheets to solve calculation problems
    Part III - Creating graphical illustrations with a spreadsheet program
    Main aim: to be able to create and critique graphical illustrations
    Part IV - Some important and/or topical themes in computer science
    Main aim: to open up your curiosity about current words and themes.

Content

The first part of the course is designed to introduce students to the different functions and components of an information system, emphasising the notion of a system and the central role that information plays in organisations. The second part is dedicated to information processing, through the learning of rigorous methods of analysis, modelling and implementation of computational problems. The third part is devoted to the study of graphical illustrations of quantitative data, while the fourth part deals with various current themes linked to information and communication technologies.

Assessment method

Written exam (theory + modelling) and on computer (Excel).

Sources, references and any support material

Jean-Luc HAINAUT, Bases de données et modèles de calcul (4e édition), Collection Sciences Sup, Dunod, Paris, Edition 4, 2005

The main reference is: Jean-Luc HAINAUT, Bases de données et modèles de calcul (4e édition), Collection Sciences Sup, Dunod, Paris, Edition 4, 2005. Other references are provided in the syllabus.

Other references are provided in the course material.

Language of instruction

Français