CSCA02     Winter 2007
The Why and How of Computing
Lectures
Extra Slides for lectures... Lec1 to 4 5 to 8 9 to 12 13 to 17 loops example

Week
Course Package
Beekman text readings
1
Lec01 Intro. to computers, number systems
Number Systems (in appendix)
Ch.1 Computer Currents pp 42-64
2
Lec02 Computer Hardware
Lec03 Secondary Storage
Ch.2 Hardware Basics pp 71-94
3
Lec04 I/O Devices
Lec05 Intro to Programming
Ch.3 Hardware Basics pp 101-132
4
Lec05 Intro to Programming
Lec06 Visual basic 1
Ch.4 Software Basics pp 139-146
5
Lec07 Visual Basic 2 Ch.14 Systems Design and Development pp 541-575
6
Lec07 Visual Basic 2
Lec08 Visual Basic 3
 
7
Lec09 Computer Networks
Lec10 The Internet
Ch.8 Networking and Telecommunications pp 303-334
Ch.9 Inside the Internet & the WWW pp 341-378
8
Lec11 System Software
Lec12 Application software
Ch.4 Software basics pp 146-170
Ch.5 Basic productivity Applications pp 177-214
Ch.6 Graphics, Digital Media pp 221-256
Ch.7 Database Applications pp 265-284
9
Lec13 History of Computing
"Giant Brains" video
Ch.1 Computer Currents pp 35-41
10
Lec14 Computers in Society
Lec15 Theory of Computing - Complexity
Ch.7 Database Applications pp 285-296
Ch.10 Computer Security and Risks pp 385-418
11
Lec15 Theory of Computing - Complexity
Lec16 Theory of Computing - Computability
 
12
Lec17 Artificial Intelligence
"Thinking Machine" video
Ch.15 Is Artificial Intelligence Real? pp 583-608


Page numbers in Beekman 6.



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