Winter 2023 (S1), Columbia College
| Lecture S08: MT 08:00-09:50; W 08:00-08:50 S11: TF 10:00-11:50; W 11:00-11:50 | Location: Columbia College Main Campus RM-420 |
| Office Hour By appointment, fixed available hours: Tue 08:00-10:00, Wed 09:00-10:00 Room 544; Online and other time slots may be available | Midterm Week 6 S8: Thursday, S11: Friday Final TBA |
An overview of the history and fundamentals of computing and the connections with the arts, psychology, and biology. This course provides a thorough and rigorous overview of the fundamental issues concerning both hardware and software. No prior computing background is required.
Textbook and References
Lawrence Snyder et Ray Henry. Fluency With Information Technology, 7th edition
Weekly readings may be assigned.
Curriculum and Slides
The slides will be uploaded after class. I may also introduce modifications to the curriculum itself as we progress. I am only teaching the first half of the semester, anything after that please ask Dr Chan.
Links for Assignments and online Quizzes are also posted here. Please check the column on the righthand side.
| Week 1 09.01-15.01 | Administration and Course Intro (LS0, LS1); Lec 1 Introduction to IT (LS2, LS3); Theories of CS | Quiz 1 due; Lab 1 out; Reading 0 |
| Week 2 16.01-22.01 | Lec 2 The World Wide Web (LS4, LS5, LS6); Utilisation of WWW | Lab 2 out; Reading 1 |
| Week 3 23.01-29.01 | Lec 3 Multimedia Technology (LS7, LS8); Media, Graphics, etc. | Reading 2, Reading 3 |
| Week 4 30.01-05.02 | Lec 4 Applications (LS10, LS11, LS12) Robotics, Bioinformatics, etc. | Lab 3 out; Reading 4, Reading 5, Reading 6, Reading 7 |
| Week 5 06.02-12.02 | Lec 6 Cloud Computing (LS17, LS18); Smart Business, etc. Lec 8 Digital Art (LS22); Conventional Art VS Digital Art | Lab 4 out; Reading 8, Reading 9, Reading 10, Reading 11, Reading 12 |
| Week 6 13.02-19.02 | Review & 1st Midterm | Midterm (S8: Thursday, S11: Friday) |
| Week 7 20.02-26.02 | Lec 9 Computerised Society (LS24, LS25, LS26); Social Implications, Privacy, etc. | Reading 13, Reading 14, Reading 15, Reading 16 |
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Cheating and Plagiarism Policy
I expect all students to uphold the principle of academic honesty. Cheating and plagiarism (presenting another person’s words or ideas as one’s own) are not acceptable behaviour at anywhere. Depending on the severity of the offence such acts can result in a grade of zero on the test or assignment, a failing grade (F) in the course, or expulsion. In all cases, the circumstances and the penalty are recorded in the student’s file.
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