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Prerequisites
Identical coursesIntroductory Management Informatics (B-KUL-D0H17A)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Verbeke Wouter (coordinator) | Lemahieu Wilfried | Van Landuyt Dimitri | Verbeke Wouter | Baeke Hanne (cooperator) | Vanhaecht Lies (cooperator) | LessMoreAims
- Provide insight into current Information and Communication Technologies and Systems from a business perspective.
- Students gain experience with state of the art software development techniques, based on Objects, Components and Internet Technology.
- Students acquire a foundation for the application of ICT in other courses, such as Information Technology, Mathematics and Economics.
Previous knowledge
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
D0W14A : Introductory Management Informatics (TEW)
HBN74B : Introductory Management Informatics (No longer offered this academic year)
D0T06A : Introductory Management Informatics (TEW)
Is included in these courses of study
- Bridging Programme: Master of Accounting and Auditing (Leuven) 57 ects.
- Preparatory Programme: Master of Accounting and Auditing (Leuven) 37 ects.
- Master of Information Management (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Master of Accounting and Auditing (Programme for students started before 2024-2025) (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Bachelor of Business Engineering (Leuven) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Business and Information Systems Engineering (Leuven) 180 ects.
- Bridging Programme: Master of Information Management (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Master of Accounting and Auditing (Programme for students who started in the master's programme in 2024-2025 or later, and for students who started in the master's and/or the transition or preparatory programme before 2024-2025 if they choose to do so) (Leuven) 60 ects.
Activities
3 ects. Introduction to Information and Communication Technology and Systems (B-KUL-D0H59a)
DutchFormat: Lecture
26 
First termContent
1. General introduction to informatics, information systems and ICT
About data, information and knowledge
2. Gegevensrepresentatie
3. Unstructured data: HTML
4. Structured data: XML
5. Structured data: relational databases
Workings of a computer system
6.The inside of a computer: memory, CPU, etc.
7. Devices ad pervasive computing
8. System software
9. Communication technology and the internet
Business information systems and the strategic role of ICT
10. The importance of infrastructure and architecture
11. Business information systems and new forms of collaboration
Format: more information
Traditional lecture
1.5 ects. Basic Programming: lecture (B-KUL-D0H60a)
DutchFormat: Lecture26 First termContent
Developing and programming algorithms with Python
Algorithms
Data, variables and operations
Input and output of data
Control structures and conditional programming methods: sequences, if-elif-else clauses, for and while loops
Modular programming with functions and modules
Introduction to object oriented programming
Applications, e.g., searching for information, counterproofs
1.5 ects. Basic Programmering: work college (B-KUL-D0N11a)
DutchFormat: Practical18 First termLemahieu Wilfried | Verbeke Wouter | Baeke Hanne (cooperator) | Vanhaecht Lies (cooperator) Content
Exercise sessions of the course Programming
Format: more information
Exercise sessions of the course 'Introduction to Business Informatics'
Is also included in other courses
Evaluation
Evaluation: Introductory Management Informatics (B-KUL-D2H17b)
Explanation
Evaluation caracteristics
Determination final result
Information about retaking exams
The evaluation characteristics and determining the end result of the second examination are identical to those of the first examination opportunity, as described above.
The paper can be resubmitted after restatement for the third examination period. If the paper is not resubmitted, the result achieved by this component in the first exam chance transferred to the second chance.