Course Programs

2024

Introduction to Informatics (Programming, Network)

Code:G2B50709 / Instructor:HARASHIMA Shuji

Course Description

• Students learn about and experience the basic operating principles of computers and networks, which are the foundation of the information-oriented society.

• An instructor with experience in building systems in the corporate sector presents real-world examples of information systems in society. Students think about the information systems that would be good for them.

• Students learn the rules that they should know for being active in an information-oriented society.

• Through the above, students learn how to use information systems appropriately in various settings and the importance of effective system proposals.

Keywords

programming, networking, information systems, information ethics, information-oriented society, practical experience

Course Plan

1. Orientation (class format; grading; attendance) 
2. What is information?                      
3. Information systems                    
4. Expressing information; computing theory (report task) 
5. Computer fundamentals                  
6. Programming (1)                 
7. Programming (2)                 
8. Computers and networking (1)            
9. Computers and networking (2)
10. Networks and security (1)
11. Networks and security (2) (report task)
12. Information-oriented societies and information ethics
13. Information system fundamentals that support society
14. Examples of information systems that support society (report task)
15. General learning

* The content of each session may be adjusted. A simple task will be set in each session.
* The first semester mainly covers technical content. In the second semester, we also introduce the technical aspects of networks, as well as examples of information systems and their background.