433-254 Software Design

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

433-141 and either 433-142 or 433-162

Pre/corequisites

Prerequisites or Corequisites: 433-252 and 433-253

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is for students: to be able to design and code medium sized programs; to be familiar with a range of design techniques; to be able to select a design technique appropriate for a given problem; and to be able to select a programming language appropriate for the selected design technique.

Topics covered include: Principles of design. Design methods based on the structures of input and output. Structure clash resolution. Abstract data types. Object-oriented design and object-oriented programming. Top-down design and client-server concepts. Event based programming. Rule based design Exception handling. Choosing a programming language.

Assessment

One two-hour practical examination during the semester, and a 3-hour written examination at the end of the subject. Project work, which is expected to take about 40 hours must be completed satisfactorily to pass the subject. Weighting of assessment components will be made known at the start of the subject