Course ECTS115 · Year I · Summer 2024-2025

Informatics

Compulsory course in Business Administration, taught by Elisabeta Mihaela Ciortea.

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Overview

Lecturer
Elisabeta Mihaela Ciortea
Seminar tutor
Liana Luminiţa Boca
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Business Administration
Field of study
Business Administration
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Presentation, discussions, demonstrations, exemplification, suggested exercises, homework

Aims

Knowledge of the main concepts in the IT area and use of different types efficiency-oriented computer applications (including online) office activity, research, translation.

Acquiring basic knowledge about IT concepts necessary for professional activity in the field.

Learning to use correctly a computer systems, efficient creation of complex documents and correct understanding of storage mechanisms and concepts / data recording, filtering and analysis.

Training and development of the ability to understand modern information technology used in current practice.

Course contents

  • Computing systems - elementary concepts

  • Using your computer

  • Internet: set up your personal email account, Microsoft Outlook presentation, Teams Platform, Online search techniques, search for trust sources, search for information of interest, use of a wiki system, translation sites (for translation specialized works)

  • Document Processing - Microsoft Word Text Editor

  • Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program
  • Creating academic presentations - Microsoft Power Point
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Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the basic components of a PC and of the Internet and of the principles of creation and formatting a document. 

Ability to create

- a document - medium complexity.

- an academic presentation in Microsoft Power Point - medium complexity.

Ability to send an email and find information on the Internet.

Troubleshooting in Excel (using simple functions, inserting charts, etc.) - medium level.

Assessment

On-the-go verification: creating an academic paper on a given topic in Microsoft Office Word and an academic presentation in Power Point based on the same topic.

Recommended reading

Microsoft Office 365
MURRAY, KATHERINE
Microsoft Press, Redmond, 2011 · 337
Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out (Includes Current Book Service) (2nd Edition)
Kegg Darryl et. all
Pearson Education, Inc., US, 2018 · 1041
Introduction to Networking: How the Internet Works
Severance, Charles
a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, US, 2015 · 119