10078 (v.6) Software Technology 501

Area:	Department of Computing
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Introduction to Unix and Java programming. Compiling and executing a Java program. Primitive data Types, numeric expressions - operators and operator precedence. Method argument passing, Boolean expressions and program documentation. Introduction to control structures and multi.way selection. The switch statement. Looping control structures - while loop, do while loop and for loop. 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. Measuring algorithm efficiency.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	020103 Programming
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External