Introduction to computers. Computer number systems. Modern operating systems.The Internet and its services (World Wide Web, e-mail, etc.).Creating and editing electronic technical documents and electronic presentations.Electronic spreadsheets for performing calculations and creating graphs for problemsof the Civil Engineering specialty.Introduction to computer programming languages.Basic principles of computer programming. The BASIC programming language. Creating and executing computer programs in BASIC for Civil Engineering problems. Computational applications in subjects of the Civil Engineering specialty.