Introduction to ComputingLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: IC10006
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- English
- Responsible person
- Jyri Kemppainen, Vastuuopettaja
Objective
- you know what computing is
- you understand the different professional roles for computer professionals
- you understand the responsibility and risks of IT professional
- you know how information is presented, stored and processed using computers
- you understand what kind of problems computing can solve.
Content
- Information, how it is presented and stored, as well as automatization of information processing
- Programming, programming languages, and how programming languages are used to create programs and software
- Modelling of information, databases and how information is managed
- Limits of computation
- Development, design and intelligent systems
- Roles and responsibilities of Information Technology professionals.