Core Java 2, Volume 1 (5th Edition)

11 November 2002 provide experience of working in a team provide experience of building a larger and more complex piece of software than is usual in the Software Workshop expose students to the application areas of graphics, databases and user interface design work in a team, managing themselves and others effectively Diary, Report design a large software system by breaking it into modules and allocating resources Viva, Report describe the construction of a large software system Report integrate knowledge of databases, graphics and human-computer interaction from other modules Viva, Report

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18 hrs lectures/tutorials, 60 hrs practical sessions (mainly in the student's own time)

Continuous assessment (100%) (diary, report, practical demonstration). Normally students who fail can be reassessed only by repeating. Nevertheless, students with marginal failures may be permitted to do additional work instead of being required to repeat the module.

A large programming project using Java. Students work in teams of about five people.

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Core Java 2, Volume 1 (5th Edition) Horstmann, C. & Cornell, G. Prentice-Hall 2001 Core Java 2, Volume 2 (4th Edition) Cornell, G. and Horstmann, C. Prentice-Hall 2000 Java: How to Program (Third Edition) Deitel, H. M. & Deitel, P. J. Prentice-Hall 1999

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