1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
The PSP strategy; the baseline personal process; PSP
planning; measuring the PSP; design; design and design code
reviews; PSP definition; statistical methods for PSP.
Recommended Reading
Humphrey, W.S. A Discipline for Software Engineering, Adision
Wesley, 1995
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S4757 Local Area Networks
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week .Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SQ 407 Data Communications .Assessment:
assignments and examination
A first year subject in the Master of Engineering (Open
Systems).
Objectives
To provide an introduction to the operation of various local
area network topologies and operating environments.
Content
Topologies and media including ethernet, token ring, token
bus. Networking devices. Networks and network protocols
including Novell, TCP/IP, Windows. Network
management and security.
Recommended Reading
Halsdl F. Data Communications, computer networks and
OSI, Addison- Wesley, 1988
54903 Honours Reading Subject
12.5 credit points .4 hours per week Hawthorn
.Instruction: combination of lectures, seminars and individual
consultation eAssessmr seminars and essays
This is a subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Honours in Computer Science).
Objectives
To introduce the student to methods of research and
communication of the results of research.
Content
Covers literature reviews, writing papers, reports, thesis, etc.
SQ906 Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI)
12.5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
.Instruction: combination of lectures, seminars and laboratory
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sessions eAmment: two assignments and a final examination
%is
su&t is not availablefor students who took SQ306 or
equivalent in an undograduate degwe.
This is a subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Honours in Computer Science)
Objectives
To -. appreciate the need for, and the role and characteristics
of, human-computer interaction.
Content
Introduction points of view, scope and objectives of HCI,
metamodels of HCI; HCI technology human-machine fit
and addaptation, the user interface useability and its
components, input/output devices, interface objects,
dialogue styles, genre, architecture, enhanced/adaptive
interaction; HCI theory; modelling psychological
foundations of user interfaces, types of uses, human
information processing, language, communication and
interaction, formal models, cognitive models, social models,
ergonomic models, applications; HCI research methods
experiments and experimental design, measurement in the
behavioural sciences, data collection methods, data analysis
methods; HCI application: organisational impact; HCI
future developments.
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SQ908 Honours Computer Graphics
12.5 credit points 3 hours per week .Hawthorn
.Prerequisite: SQ618 Instruction: combination ofktures and
tutorial sessions .Assessment: assignments and examination
Objectives
To familiarise the student with advanced computer graphics
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principles.
Content
Advanced 3-D graphics rendering; projections;; colour;
theory; lighting models; ray-tracing; radiosity; data
representation; animation.
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SQ913 Honours Research Proiect
50 credit points for two semesters m8 hours per week for two
semesters Hawthorn Instruction indimdual consultation
m'th a supervijor, as required .Assessment by thesis
This is a subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Honours in Computer Science)
0 bjectives
To introduce the student to academic research.
Content
An individual research project is found for each student.
This project should balance the need to research previous
work in the field with some level of practical work.
SQ916 Programming the User Interface
12.5 credit points .2 hours per week .Hawtbonz
.Instruction: combination of lectures, seminars and laboratoly
sessions .Assessment: two &signmats and afinal examination
This is a subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Honours in Computer Science)
0 b jectives
To introduce the concepts and techniques relevant to
programming the user interface.
Content
Concepts independence (application, device, user);
programming menus, command-based systems, ddata input,
giving information back to the user, screen techniques, using
colour, direct manipulation systems and environments,
event based programming, Windows and UIMS, help
systems, handling and avoiding errors; tools UNK PC and
Macintosh platforms, function libraries, special purpose
programming languages, interactive editors, application
specific user interface programming languages, user interface
management systems.