1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SQ403 Computer Science Team Project
10 credit points 3 hoursper week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SQ313 and SQ30S Instruction: software
development project in a team environment Assessment:
project deliverables
Objectives
To enable students to develop technical and managerial skills
by practising aspects of the software engineering discipline
covered in the previous semester.
Content
The exercise of software engineering and project
management tools, techniques, and methodologies by
working on one or more medium scale projects.
SQ404 Systems Analysis
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: SQ103 Instruction: combination of lectures
and tutorial sessions Assessment: assignments and
examination
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Computer Science and Software Engineering).
Ob jectives
To develop an understanding of the principles and practice
of systems analysis translating of user needs into
specifications.
Content
The System Life Cycle; Strategic Information Systeems
Planning; Systems Investigation and Feasibility; Object
Oriented Analysis; The Object Modelling Technique
(OMT), CASE tools.
Recommended Reading
Checkland, P. and Scholes, J. Soft Systems Methodology in Action.
Chichester, UK, Wiley, 1990
Rumbaugh, J. et al. 0bject.Oriented Modeling and Design
Englewood Clifts, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1991
SQ407 Data Communications
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SQ2lO or SQl2O or SQlOO Instruction:
combination of lectures and practical sessions Assessment:
assignments and exam
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-. & A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
0 bjectives
To introduce the fundamental concepts and components
involved in data communications.
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To develop an understanding of communication protocols
and computer networks.
Content
Historical evolution of computer communications.
Basic communication theories and terminologies:
transmission media, signal types, interface standards.
Protocol basics: error control methods, flow control, link
management.
Terminal based networks: statistical multiplexers,
concentrators, front-end processors and terminal network
protocols.
Local area networks: topologies and access methods, LAN
management.
Public data networks: characteristics, packet-switched data
networks, circuit switched data networks, ISDN, standards,
wide area networks.
0.51: the seven layer model, layer interaction, comparison of
architectures
Emerging Technologies.
Recommended Reading
Black, U. Data Communications and Distributed Systems.
3rd edn, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1993
SQ411 COBOL Programming
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SQ210 or SQlOO Instruction: lecture and
practical classes Assessment: assignments and exam
A second and third year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science
Objectives
To introduce the COBOL language and its problem solution
domain.
Content
Introduction to structured programming COBOL overview;
file, record and data definition; file processing; modularity
~erform; arithmetic; move, editing, If; validation, testing,
debugging; control groups; tables; strings; subprograms;
indexed files.
SQ4 12 Systems Programming
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites SQ210 or (SQ300 and C competence)
Instruction: lectures and laboratory sessions Assessment:
assignment and exam
A second or third year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science
Objectives
To introduce students to the UNIX operating system
To teach the use of shell scripts as a method of prototyping
system software.
Via system calls, to examine systems programming in a
UNIX environment.
Content
Introduction to UNIX operating systems; UNIX file
management; commands and filters; electronic maail;
structure of the operating system; tools make, SCCS, lint
and sdb; shell programming (differences between Bourne
and C shell); systems programming (low level I/O, accessing
the file system, creating and controlling processes,
communication between processes, device control
networks); system administration.