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SQ~OO 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 is :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 userdefined
data types; file I10 with the standard libraries;
common algorithms - sorting, searching, file processing.
Textbooks
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54702 Systems Programming
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Instruction: a combination of lectures and
laboratory sessions
Prerequisities: approved competence in C
programming
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.
Textbooks
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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
kssessment: by deliverables, e.g. project plan,
requirements definition and design document, as
well as the actual software. An individual
assignment may also be required
Subject aims
By the end of the subject, 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
product risk analysis; costlbenefit analysis; development of
system test plans and implementation plans: software aualitv , ,
assurance; software standards; project'team practice -
requiring analysis, design and implementation with full
documentation, of a software product
Textbooks
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~ ~ 7 0 5 Database
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Instruction: a combination of lectures, tutorials,
and laboratory sessions
Assessment: one assignment, tutorial and
laboratory exercises, and a final examination
Subject aims
To supply the practical skills and knowledge to design most
databases used in industry; to provide the foundation to
evaluate existing database management systems; to teach
proficiency in SQL.
Subject description
The theory and process of database design, including -
database architecture; data modelling; relational theory;
logical and physical design; relational, network, hierarchical
and object-oriented databases; SQL.
Textbooks
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