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 615-240 Concepts in Software Development II

Note

  • Students enrolled in the BSc, BASc or a combined BSc course (except for the BSc/BIS) will receive science credit for the completion of this subject. This subject counts towards the information systems component for students enrolled in the BSc/BIS.

  • Students cannot gain credit for both 615-240 and 433-254 Software Design.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Ms T Linden

Prerequisites

615-145 Concepts in Software Development I (or 433-142 and 615-120).

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

36 lectures (three per week), 11 tutorials (1 hour per week), laboratory work (2 hours per week)

Subject Description

This subject consists of a survey of major programming paradigms, including object-oriented programming techniques; and discussion of the software development life cycle and the tools available to facilitate software development.

At the completion of this subject, students should:

  • be familiar with the use of common high-level language constructs;

  • be familiar with the concepts of both procedural languages and some object-oriented languages;

  • be able to select an appropriate language for a given problem;

  • be able to design, write, test, and debug non-trivial programs; and

  • be able to use a range of software development tools.

Assessment

End-of-semester written examination of 2 hours; group projects taking up to 40 hours per team member; continuous assessment. Successful completion of this subject requires a pass in the exam and the projects portion of the assessment. The weighting of assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.

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