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54618 Computer Graphics
10.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisite: $431 0 or 54300
Instruction: a combination of lectures and tutorial
sessions
Assessment: assignment and examination
A final-year subject of the degree courses in computer
science and computing and instrumentation, a third-year
elective of the degree course in mathematics and computer
science.
Subject description
Computer graphics: hardware for computer graphics; basic
2-D and 3-D graphics drawing; transformations; data
structures for graphics; windowing and clipping.
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SQ6 19 Expert Systems
10.0 credit points
No, of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisite: 54419 Artificial Intelligence A
Instruction: a combination of lecture and tutorial
sessions
Assessment: project and examination
A final-year elective of the degree courses in computer
science, mathematics and computer science and computing
and instrumentation.
Subject description
The unit covers the techniques and issues of knowledge,
acquisition and building expert systems.
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~ ~ 6 2 3 Industry Based Learning
50.0 credit points
A six-month period of industry based learning occurring as
part of the third year of the course leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science and
Software Engineering). Students are supervised by a member
of the academic staff and are required to submit a report to
their employer and to their supervisor. This program is
normally taken at the end of 54523.
SQ700 Programming in C
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Instruction: a combination of lectures and
laboratory sessions
Assessment: two assignments and a final
examination
A subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied Science
(Computer Science).
Subject aims
To formulate and design algorithmic solutions to a range of
simple problems, including those with a commercial
orientation; to edit, compile, debug, test and run C
language programs; to design a program, using a top down
methodology, given a functional specification; to implement
the design as a well-structured program, using the major
control structures and functions (with parameter passing)
provided by the C language; to be able to implement data
structures and data types in C, as a method of type
abstraction; to write code that is well commented and to
understand the importance of such documentation; to
obtain input from both keyboard and file, and be able to
send output to both file and screen.
Subject description
A study of the programming language C and the related
software engineering practice - topics include: program
specification; algorithmic approach to problem solving;
program design methodology; C basis; simple data types
(int, float, etc.); control of flow; functions; arrays; string
handling with standard libraries; structures; data structures
and user-defined data types; file I10 with the standard
libraries; common algorithms - sorting, searching, file
processing.
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54702 Systems Programming
12.5 credit points
No, of hours per week: four houa
Instruction: a combination of lectures and
laboratory sessions
Assessment: two assignments and a final
examination
A subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied Science
(Computer Science).
Subject aims
To introduce students to the UNlX operating system; to
teach the use of shell scripts as a method of prototyping
system software; to examine systems programming in a UNlX
environment via consideration of various system calls.
Subject description
Introduction to UNlX operating systems; UNlX file management;
commands and filters; electronic mail; structure of the
operating system; tools - make, SCCS, lint and sdb; shell
programming (differences between Bourne and C shell);
systems programming (low level 110, accessing the file
system, creating and controlling processes, communication
between processes, device control networks); system
administration.
54703 Software Development Project
12.5 credit points per semester (25 credit points
in total)
No. of hours per week: two hours (lectures) in
semester one, two hours (project supervision) for
two semesters
Instruction: a combination of lectures, project
supervision and software project development
practice
Assessment: by deliverables, e.g. project plan,
requirements definition and design document, as
well as the actual software. An individual
assignment may also be required
A subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied Science
(Computer Science).
Subject aims
By the end of the unit, the student should have detailed
knowledge of project management theory, and be able to
apply that theory to the management of software
development projects; have knowledge and experience in
three to five person group projects, which, although
technically of only moderate complexity, requires students to
exercise significant project management skills.
Subject description
Software development life cycle; project planning, estimation
and control; project communication; project progress
measurement and evaluation; politics of projects; project and