Informatics

Course Code: ECTS115 • Study year: I • Academic Year: 2022-2023
Domain: Business Administration • Field of study: Business Administration
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Elisabeta Mihaela Ciortea
Seminar tutor: Liana Luminiţa Boca
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class / Seminary
Number of teaching hours per semester: 28
Number of teaching hours per week: 2
Semester: Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 4

Course 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 Entry Requirements:

N/A

Course contents:

Teaching methods:

Presentation, discussions, demonstrations, exemplification, suggested exercises, homework

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.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

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:

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