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COMP5214: Software Development in Java (2013 - Semester 1)
| Unit: | COMP5214: Software Development in Java (6 CP) |
| Mode: | Normal-Day |
| On Offer: | Yes |
| Level: | Postgraduate |
| Faculty/School: | School of Computer Science |
| Unit Coordinator/s: |
Dr Wang, Xiu Ying
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| Session options: | Semester 1, Semester 2 |
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| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Brief Handbook Description: | Programming in a legible, maintainable, reusable way is essential to solve complex problems in the pervasive computing environments. This unit will equip students with foundation of programming concepts that are common to widely used programming languages. Students will be progressively guided in this introductory unit from necessary and important building blocks of programming to the object-oriented approach. Java, one of the most popular programming languages, is used in this unit. It provides interdisciplinary approaches, applications and examples to support students from broad backgrounds such as science, engineering, and mathematics. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | None. |
| Lecturer/s: |
Dr Wang, Xiu Ying
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| Timetable: | COMP5214 Timetable | |||||||||||||||
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| T&L Activities: | Laboratory: Students are enabled to practice the programming skill after the lecture session. |
Attributes listed here represent the key course goals (see Course Map tab) designated for this unit. The list below describes how these attributes are developed through practice in the unit. See Learning Outcomes and Assessment tabs for details of how these attributes are assessed.
| Attribute Development Method | Attribute Developed |
| Students have to conceptualize abstract problems and transform them into concrete solutions in a programming language. Able to write computer programs without compilation and runtime error. | Engineering/IT Specialisation (Level 2) |
For explanation of attributes and levels see Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table.
Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.
Engineering/IT Specialisation (Level 2)| Assessment Methods: |
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| Assessment Description: |
Assignment: Java programming assignment Lab Skills: Weekly Assessment Programming skills and problem-solving skills Assignment: 2 hours written exam |
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| Policies & Procedures: | IMPORTANT: School policy relating to Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism. In assessing a piece of submitted work, the School of IT may reproduce it entirely, may provide a copy to another member of faculty, and/or to an external plagiarism checking service or in-house computer program and may also maintain a copy of the assignment for future checking purposes and/or allow an external service to do so. Other policies All university policies can be found at http://sydney.edu.au/policy Policies and request forms for the Faculty of Engineering and IT can be found on the forms and policies page of the faculty website at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/forms |
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Note: Students are expected to have a personal copy of all books listed.
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Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
| Week | Description |
| Week 1 | Unit Introduction / Using Classes and Objects |
| Week 2 | Primitive Types and Decision |
| Week 3 | Iteration and Program Tracing |
| Week 4 | Primitive Arrays |
| Week 5 | Introduction to OOP |
| Week 6 | Define Classes （1） |
| Week 7 | define Classes (2) |
| Week 8 | ArrayList and File IO |
| Week 9 | OO Software Development & Case Study |
| Assessment Due: Programming skills and problem-solving skills | |
| Week 10 | Inheritance |
| Week 11 | Interface and Polymorphism |
| Week 12 | Recursion |
| Assessment Due: Assignment | |
| Assessment Due: Lab Skills | |
| Week 13 | Revision |
| Exam Period | 2 hours written Examination |
| Assessment Due: Final Exam |
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
| Attribute | Practiced | Assessed |
| Engineering/IT Specialisation (Level 2) | Yes | 100% |
These goals are selected from Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.
