Degree | Type | Year |
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Computer Engineering | FB | 1 |
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There are no prerequisites.
This is a basic training course and it is part of the first year of the degree.
The objectives of this course are for students to understand the role of digital systems in the computer world, be capable of designing low-to-medium complexity digital systems using logic gates and reconfigurable devices, and understand that a computer is simply a digital system of a certain complexity.
In the last part of the course, topics corresponding to computer architecture are addressed such as the repertoire of instructions for a basic machine, addressing modes and its programming.
1. Representation of the información in the computer
2. Combinational Circuits (CC)
3. Sequential Circuits (SC)
4. Introduction to computer architecture
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Exercise-based classes | 30 | 1.2 | |
Laboratory practices | 12 | 0.48 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Case study | 12 | 0.48 | |
Laboratory practice assignments | 10 | 0.4 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous work | 40 | 1.6 | |
Preparing and solving exercises | 16 | 0.64 | |
Videos viewing | 12 | 0.48 |
The subject is organized into four main blocks. The materials offered through the Virtual Campus include a series of videos that student body must view before attending class and that contain the theoretical-practical knowledge needed for the design of digital systems and practical exercises.
The subject is taught in "classroom problems" mode. All face-to-face classes are treated as problem-based sessions. The classes are dedicated to solving questions and doubts in the videos, and cases proposed by the teacher. Student body must actively participate in these classes; these are not conventional "theory" classes. They take place in small groups (around 40-50 students), an indispensable condition to reach the necessary degree of interactivity in a subject of eminently practical character.
The course is completed with laboratory practices where the students implement the circuits (they have generraly been limited to be designed "on paper"). Each session accommodates 20-25 students working in groups of 2 and lasts 2 hours.
Tutoring sessions may be individual or in small groups and will be done on demand and in coordination between each teacher and the related students. There may also be open tutoring sessions for all interested students that may be proposed by the teaching staff; but these will require prior submission to the corresponding forum of the Virtual Campus (CV) those specific questions about concepts or exercises that must be addressed in order for the teachers to plan and carry out that tutoring properly.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Assessable practice activities | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | SM08 |
Submission of exercises | 20% | 8 | 0.32 | KM08, SM08 |
Two partial tests and/or final test | 50% | 8 | 0.32 | KM08, SM08 |
This course does not include single assessment.
a) Assessment activities
Student assessment includes the following activities:
The mark of the course by continued assessment (CA) is obtained from:
following this formula: CA = PT · 0,5 + Pb · 0,2 + LT · 0,3
where: PT = (PT1+PT2)/2
To pass the course by continuous assessment (CA) the following conditions must be met:
b) Assessment activities: scheduling
Dates of the assessment tests and the submission of exercises are published in the Virtual Campus (VC) and may be subject to changes due to unforeseen eventualities. Any modification will be reported through this platform.
It is important to bear in mind that no assessment activitieswill bepermitted for any student at a different date or time to that established, unlessfor justified causes duly advised before the activity and with the lecturer’s previous consent.
c) Retake process
The evaluation activity 1 corresponding to the theory can be retaken in the final test.
Activities 2 and 3 (turning in exercises and video viewing) corresponding to 20% of the final grade cannot be retaken. Activity 4 cannnot be retaken either.
If after retaking these new tests PT < 5 or LT < 5, the final grade of the course will be the lowest value between CA and 4.5.
A student who has passed a partial exam or even passed through continuous assessment can take the retake exam. The final grade will be the one obtained in this retake, whether better or worse than the previous one.
d) Grades review
The review procedure will be informed once the grades have been published and it usually consists of establishing a deadline for students to request the revision and, depending on the requests received, the student will be informed about the specific date and deadline for the review. If the student does not follow the procedure established in the review or does not attend the review, this activity will not be reviewed later.
The review of any test may deal to an improvement and a worsening of the corresponding grade, depending on the revised interpretation of the test.
e)Special grades
f) Irregularities committed by the student, copy and plagiarism
Notwithstanding other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with the current academic regulations, assessment activities will receive a zero grade whenever a student commits academic irregularities that may alter such assessment. Assessment activities graded using this procedure will not be re-assessable. If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities to pass the subject, the grading as zero for disciplinary measures will also entail a direct fail for the subject, with no opportunity to re-assess it in the same academic year.
Irregularities contemplated in this procedure include, among others:
Restricted use of AI: For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
In future editions of this subject, students who have committed irregularities in a grading activity will not have any of the evaluation activities already carried out set as validated.
In short: copying, allowing copying or plagiarizing (or the attempt to) in any of the grading activities is equivalent to a FAIL, not compensable and with no validations of any of the parts of the subject in subsequent years.
g) Assessment of students who enrolled the subject in previous academic years but did not successfully passed the subject
In the evaluation process described, there will be no differentiated treatment for students who enrolled the subject in previous academic years and did not successfully passed the subject.
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 411 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 412 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 431 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 432 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 451 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 452 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 411 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 412 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 413 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 414 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 415 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 416 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 417 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 418 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 419 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 420 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 421 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PLAB) Practical laboratories | 422 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |