Course detail
Information Technology
FAST-BUA005Acad. year: 2023/2024
Basic procedures for large data sets processing with using of automated functions, macros and scripting tools in MS Excel. Application of these tools to solve simple problems from the general topics of civil engineering. Course is the extension of the basic course Informatics.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science (AIU)
Entry knowledge
Basic knowledge of MS Excel, English pre-intermediate.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Aims
To get general orientation in information technologies and possibilities of their use at firm’s management. To learn basic tools of system analysis. To acquire skills and ability to model reality during formation of information system.
The ability of automatic data processing, applying makeup and scripting engineering calculations in MS Excel.
The ability of automatic data processing, applying makeup and scripting engineering calculations in MS Excel.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. The environment for developing VBA applications – more than the editor.
2. Basic data types. How to work with them. Variable vs. Excel cell.
3. How affect the processing of orders. Solution conditions and repeated execution of orders.
4. Since scalar variables to fields. Indices, vectors, matrices.
5. What is a macro? Generator of macros in MS Office.
6. Build custom formulas or custom functions.
7. Visual design of the user interface.
8. Proposal forms and event handling.
9. Why were created classes and objects. Definition of simple classes and objects in VBA.
10. How to work with MS Office documents.
11. What is the object model.
12. Example solving optimization and mechanical problems.
Exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. We use a macro to simplify the work in a spreadsheet
2. Variable vs. constant, assign values to memory.
3. Methods vs. attributes. We learn first automatic steps.
4. Retrieving values from a table and writes the results table.
5. Checking our running macros using conditions.
6. Unlocking our computer through the cycle.
7. Cycles continued.
8. Debugging of our macros.
9. Scripting the numerical series and its suma.
10. Scripting text based data processing and analysis.
11. Scripting numerical solutions of equations.
12. Scripting statistical and optimization tasks. Scripting solution of mechanical tasks.