Catalog Description:

Introduction to the NC State computing system, and to student-owned computing resources. Includes topics such as maintaining your own computer, learning about campus-based computing resources and applications (how to access and use them), ethics and professionalism in the use of computing resources, introduction to web development and other campus resources.

Contact Hours:

• Lecture: 1 hours

Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Restrictions: None
Coordinator: Dr. Abida Haque
Textbook: E 115 Course Textbook

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:

1. Maintain and operate their laptop computer as well as being able to access lab computers
2. Complete course assignments using the EOS file system
3. Have the building blocks necessary for learning programming languages
4. Identify central tenets of professional and ethical use of computers
5. Send and receive e-mail and use other campus computing services
6. Navigate the NFS file system using commands
7. Determine general features in networking, hardware and operating systems
8. Use spreadsheets to solve engineering problems
9. Create and design basic web pages
10. Develop skills in engineering problem solving and reading comprehension

Topics:

• Campus Resources
• Operating Systems
• File Systems
• Basic UNIX Commands
• Advanced Unix Commands
• Spreadsheets
• Website Design and Styling (Basic Web Pages)
• Networking Basics
• Hardware Basics