Duration
12h Th, 18h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in biology | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is a short introduction to computer science aimed at students in life. The history of computer technology and the basic working principle of a computer are presented. Some basic concepts of programming are introduced using the programming language C/C++.
There is also a practical set of exercises focusing on the use of spreadsheets.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Topics of the theoretical course:
- Information in terms of bits and bytes.
- The working principle of a computer.
- The elements of programming in C/C++:
basic data types, elementary operations, algorithmic tools, function.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical exercises on the computer will take place in parallel to the course. The schedule is available on the web pages of the U.Lg.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The course is given face to face (if possible) but the exercises are given online:
-short videos are available on our webpage in order to solve the exercises
-the software Rstudio and a c++ compiler is installed on our server for performing exercises
-Interrogations will be made via the ecampus plateform
Recommended or required readings
The slides of the course as well as some supplementary material are available on the website of the course. In particular, one can find there
- the lecture notes "Le Langage C/C++" by Prof. T. Bastin
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Out-of-session test(s)
Additional information:
The examination takes place within one single session of 4 hours. It consists in writing a few computer programs (practical part, 75%) and answering a few theoretical questions (theoretical part, 25%).
Regular Ecampus interrogations will be organized. Additionally, those that manage to reach our high global threshold to the online interrogations will be exempted from the written exam.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
This course is normally given in the spring term of the second year. It comprises 6 sessions of 2 hours each. The schedule of the course and of the practical sessions are available on the ULg web pages.
Contacts
Prof. Alejandro V. Silhanek
Département de Physique
Allée du 6 Août, 17
Bât.B5a Local 0/51
parking 44 B-4000 LIEGE (Sart-Tilman) Tel: 32-4-3663632
Fax: 32-4-3663629 E-mail : asilhanek@ulg.ac.be
and
Prof. Patrick Meyer
Life Sciences Department
Bldg B22, room 3/03
Sart-Tilman Campus
Chemin de la Vallée, 4
4000 Liège - Belgium
Tél: 04/366 3030
email: patrick.meyer@ulg.ac.be
Teaching Assistants:
Thomas Ratz ( thomas.ratz@uliege.be )
et Damien Sirjacobs ( d.sirjacobs@ulg.ac.be )