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COMP530 Problem Solving and Program Design

Updated: 07 May 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 On line
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 1 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 2 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Summer On Campus
Online level
  • Level D - Comp/internet essential
  • Level E - Wholly online unit
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMP130 or COMP131 or COMP131A or COMP132 or COMP132A or COMP531 or COMP532
Notes

on-campus online D; off-campus online E; 200- and 300-level COMP units (excluding COMP 286) require a knowledge of, and programming experience with the C or C++ language. Any student who completed COMP 130 prior to 1995 should contact the School of Science and Technology for advice. It is recommended that students enrolled for 200-level and above COMP units have access to an IBM compatible computer running the Linux Operating System.

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Serge Bogeholz (sbogeho2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit introduces the fundamentals of programming and software development using a high-level programming language, JAVA. Students will become familiar with topics that include design methodology, data types, control constructs, functions, classes, and file processing. Off-campus students will need Internet access as well as a JAVA compiler. Two lectures and a two hour laboratory session per week.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Small Java How to Program
ISBN: 9780131486607
Deitel, H.M. and Deitel, P.J., Prentice Hall 6th ed. 2004
Text refers to: Semester 1 and ISBT Semesters 1, 2 and ISBT Summer , On Campus and Online
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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