Course detail

Chemical Informatics I

FCH-BCT_CHI1Acad. year: 2012/2013

The objective of the course is to provide students with the advanced knowledge and skills from the field of Chemical Informatics, which are necessary for following study of chemical subjects. The introduction of the course deals with basic terminology and fundamentals of chemical information science. The course focuses on advanced computer operation and utilization, especially on creation and processing of professional documents (reports, protocols, term and bachelor theses) as well as data processing and fundamentals of statistics. During the course study, there is strongly emphasized the application of acquired knowledge in chemical practice. Together with Chemical Informatics II, the subjects are drawn up in the frames of European Computer Driving License certificate.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The enhancement of students’ knowledge and competences in terms of utilizing of computers in chemical practice will take effect in particular in following branches:

1) The students will master the advanced level of utilizing information technologies together with using of information databases, which will also be enhanced during the following course.

2) The students will develop the competences to master the text processors on an advanced level, including the employing of automated numbering, automated contents, cross-references, title links, revision monitoring and mass correspondence. Students will also learn how to keep the standards of typography.

3) Students will gain the knowledge how to use the spreadsheet editors, in particular the mathematical, logical, text, search and statistical operations with employment of related formulas and functions. Students will master the creation of advanced charts and their exploiting for data analysis as well as the work with lists of data, data searching and filtering with employing of pivot tables and pivot charts. Students will understand the fundamentals of probability distributions, descriptive statistics and linear regression.

Prerequisites

Basic skills and experience with using of computers and managing of files.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures + exercises with a full elearning support.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course consists of a credit and an exam as well as an elearning course. To gain the credit, student is required to pass three term tests and to complete the elearning course. Gaining the credit is a condition required to take a part on the exam. The exam has a written and an oral part. In the written part a student solve an input theoretical test and practical examples. The oral part of the exam will contain discussion of tasks and possible supplementary questions.

Course curriculum

Detailed outline of the course is show at: https://www.vutbr.cz/elearning/course/view.php?id=121773

Part I. Advanced work with text processors
1) Fundamentals of IT using at Faculty of Chemistry
2) Advanced work with text processors
3) Advanced processing and creationg of professional documents
4) Typography

Part II. Advanced work with spreadsheets
5) Basic spreadsheet techniques
6) Technical calculations
7) Advanced spreadsheets and charts
8) Data import, advanced charts, linear regression

Part III. Fundamentals of statistics
9) Fundamentals of probability distributions
10) One-dimensional data – basics of descriptive statistics
11) Two.dimensional data – correlations and linear regression
12) Calculations of measurement uncertainties.

Part IV. – Elearning course – Work with informational sources
The part of the course is a full-tutored elearning course intorducing the fundamentals of work with information sources (in particular the informational scientific databases) in the chemical practice as well as with advanced methods, how to utilize these informational sources.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course objective is to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills from the field of information science, which are necessary for following study of chemical subjects. The project focuses on the application of these knowledge in the field of chemistry and also other related branches.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The course is consisted of lectures, exercises and a tutored elearning course. Attendance on lectures is optional, but strongly recommended and suitable for completing the course. Attendance on exercise is compulsory and controlled. A student has a right to be missing without a particular reason only a tone exercise, shall he/she miss more exercises, loses the possibility to gain a credit, cannot therefore attempt on an exam and is obliged to repeat the course. Student can be excused from missing an exercise class from serious reasons, generally medical or family. The suitable excuse is e.g. a medical report; the final say is up to the lector of the exercise. The part of the whole course is a fully tutored elearning course, divided into weekly-parts and its completion is a non-separable part of gaining a credit.
In terms of the course, the students have the autoevaluation and communication tolls available via the elearning portal, so they have the possibility to consult the ways to solve the given tasks with the lectors. The students’ progress during the course is controlled and evaluated always after the completion of topic part of the course, utilizing running term tests.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Barilla J., Simr P., Excel pro techniky a inženýry, Computer Press, Brno, 2008 (CS)
Jiří PAVLÍK a kolektiv. Aplikovaná statistika. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7080-569-2. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT_AKR Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_SCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_SCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_SCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT_AKR Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_CHTOZP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch BPCO_CHMN , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT_AKR Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHM , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHM , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_CHM , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_BT , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_CHTP Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_BT , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch BKCO_PCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_CHP , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPCP_OOB Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_KROO , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BKCP_OOB Bachelor's

    branch BKCO_KROO , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning

    branch CKCO_CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

E-learning texts

Praktická příručka pro používání výpočetní techniky na FCH (cs) - doporučení systémvého integrátora