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307540 (v.1) Engineering Computing 100



 

Area:

Department of First Year Engineering Studies

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Introduction to the design of software and Java programming. Compiling and executing a Java program. Primitive data types. Numeric expressions - operators and operator precedence. Method argument passing, boolean expressions, program documentation. Introduction to control structures - if-then-else, multi-way selection - the switch statement. Looping control structures - while loop, do-while loop, for loop. Introduction to object oriented programming, message passing, inheritance, abstract classes. Implementation of object oriented programming in Java. Arrays as a concept and their implementation in Java. The vector class in Java. Simple searching and sorting algorithms. Introduction to measuring algorithm efficiency.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  
2004Miri Sarawak CampusSemester 1Y  
2004Miri Sarawak CampusSemester 2Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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