School of Computer Science - Module 08745 (2002)

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Module 08745 (2002)

Syllabus page 2002/2003

06-08745
Software Workshop 1 B
Level 1/C

:13.33
:6.67
Jon Rowe (coordinator)

20 credits in Semester 2

The Module Description is a strict subset of this Syllabus Page. (The University module description has not yet been checked against the School's.)

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Outline

A first course in imperative, object-oriented programming, with a strong emphasis on practical program development skills.

Aims

The aims of this module are to:

understand the fundamental concepts of imperative and object oriented programming
develop a the skills needed to write, test, and debug programs
gain working knowledge of Java

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:		Assessed by:
1	understand and use the fundamental concepts of imperative and object-oriented programming	Continuous assessment, examination
2	design, develop, debug and document small programs using a variety of basic programming techniques	Continuous assessment, examination
3	understand and use the main features of the Java programming language	Continuous assessment, examination
4	use a variety of programming techniques and aids to program development in Java/unix	Continuous assessment, examination
5	design, develop, debug and document larger programs using a variety of programming techniques	Continuous assessment, examination
6	understand and use some of the more advanced features of the Java programming language	Continuous assessment, examination

Restrictions, Prerequisites and Corequisites

Restrictions:

May not be taken with 06-08750 (Software Workshop 1(A) B).

Prerequisites:

None

Co-requisites:

06-08744 (Software Workshop 1 A) (linked module)

Teaching

Teaching Methods:

Lectures: 3 hrs/week, Tutorials: 1 hr/week, Labs: 8 hrs/week

Contact Hours:

136

Assessment

Supplementary (where allowed): As the sessional assessment
3 hr examination (80%), practical work (20%), divided equally between this module and 06-08744 (Software Workshop 1 A). Students who fail these linked modules but achieve at least 30% will be allowed to resit, by examination only. Students whose mark is below 30% will be required to repeat the modules in the following academic year.

Recommended Books

Title	Author(s)	Publisher, Date
An Introduction to Programming and Object Oriented Design Using Java	Jaime Nino and Frederick A Hosch	John Wiley, 2002
Big Java	Cay Horstmann	John Wiley, 2002

Detailed Syllabus

Review of classes and objects
Review of inheritance, abstract classes, interfaces
Object-oriented design and analysis
Simple recursive methods
Recursive data structures
Sorting collections
Searching - binary search trees
Introduction to the AWT
Designing complex user interfaces
Applets and the internet

Last updated: 29 July 2001

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