Course documentation

Subject description

"Fundamentals of Computer Engineering" aims to provide a global vision of Computer Engineering in both academic and professional points of view. The course gives the students a grasp of the fundamentals on which this engineering is based (mathematics, physics, anthropology and ethics), the future professional careers and the role of a computer engineer in today's society. The course is divided in two parts. the first part addresses the theoretical foundations, while the second helps develop practical skills. The first part covers three fundamental blocks of content.
1) Computer Engineering in Society: Background and historical perspective: past, present and future of Computer Engineering. Computer Engineering as an academic discipline or profession. The human factor: anthropological and ethical foundations.
2) Information and Data: Information representation. Organization of information.
3) Information Processing, Management and Transmission: Fundamentals, current paradigms and trends in computer systems and applications.
The second part of the course is devoted to the development of practical skills where an introduction to web development is addressed, through the realization of a project for the creation of a web page on contents related to the course. Besides providing the basics of a computer engineer technical skills, this course contributes to the development basic soft-skills for an engineer, such as teamwork, ethical commitment and communication skills, both oral and written, of technical information, favouring the comprehensive training of the engineer as stated in the educational project of the University. "Fundamentals of Computer Engineering" aims to provide a global vision of Computer Science both from an academic and professional point of view. This subject introduces students to the fundamentals on which this computer science is based (mathematics, physics, electronic, anthropology and ethics), future professional careers and the role of the computer engineer in the current society. The subject is divided into two parts:
(1) the first part deals with the theoretical foundations; and
(2) the second part helps to develop practical skills based on the theorical foundations.
The first part covers three fundamental modules of content:
1) Introduction to Computer Science.: Background and historical perspective: past, present and future of Computer Science. Computer Science as an academic discipline or profession. The human factor: anthropological and ethical foundations.
2) Foundations about Computer Science: Fundamentals, current paradigms and trends in computer systems and applications.
3) Information and Data: Representation of information and data foundations. The second part of the subject is dedicated to the development of practical skills where an introduction to web development is addressed, by carrying out a real project to create a web page on content related to the subject. Besides, this subject provides the basic technical skills of a computer engineer, this subject contributes to the development of basic soft-skills for an engineer, such as individual and teamwork, ethical commitment and communication skills, both oral and written, of technical information, favoring the comprehensive training of engineers as stated in the educational project of the University.