School of Computing prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

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Introduction to Information Systems Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester CSI 1101 Introduction to Information Systems Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials per week 1 x 2 hrs 0 2 x 2hrs (x 2 groups) 30 5 8 1 Number of weeks 14 84 Notional hours Content / Syllabus Theory: Fundamentals of IS, Data and Information; Importance of Information Systems; Computer Based Information Systems, Information System Requirements: Input, Process, Output, Information Systems as seen by the user, End-User Computing Applications; Office Automation; Distributed computing Hardware Fundamentals, Software Fundamentals, User Interfaces, Command driven interfaces; Menu driven interfaces; Icon and pointer based interfaces, Operating Systems; Applications Software; Programming languages, Developing Information Systems, The classic systems development life cycle Business Information Systems, Transactions Processing, Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems Entry rules MATRICULATION: Qualified for degree. At least 3 in mathematics, 2 in English and 2 in life orientation. Assessment and progression rules Admission criteria Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two Assignments(40%), Two Tests (40%), 12 tutorial assessments(20%) Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA) + 40%(EA). Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination students must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%. Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester CSI 1201 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials per week 1 x 2 hrs 1 x 3 hrs( x 2 groups) 1 x 1hrs (x 2 groups) 5 8 2 Number of weeks 14 84 Notional hours Content / Syllabus Theory: Classes, Objects and data abstraction, Inheritance, polymorphism, Pointers, virtual functions, templates, exception handling. Entry rules Admission criteria SCHOOL OF COMPUTING
Assessment and progression rules Introduction to Problem Solving Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two Assignments(30%), Two Tests (40%), 12 tutorial assessments(10%) and 12 Practical assessments(20%) Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA) + 40%(EA). Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination students must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%. Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester CSI 1102 Introduction to Problem solving Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials per week 1 x 2 hrs 1 x 3 hrs(x 2 groups) 1 x 1hrs (x 2 groups) 31 5 8 1 Number of weeks 14 84 Notional hours Content / Syllabus Theory: The Basics of a C++ Program, Data Types, Arithmetic Operators and Operator Precedence Expressions, Type Conversion, Input, Increment and decrement Operators, Output Preprocessor directives, Creating a C++ Program. Input/Output, I/O Streams and Standard I/O devices, Using predefined functions in a program, Input failure, Control Structures, Relational Operators, Logical Operators and logical Expressions, Selection: if and if ….else Switch structures, Control structures , Looping, User defined functions, Value returning functions, Void functions without parameters, Void functions with parameters, Value parameters, Reference variables as parameters, Value and reference parameters and memory allocation, Scope of an identifier, Global variables, Static and automatic variables, Function overloading, Functions with default parameters, User defined simple data types, namespaces and the string type, Enumeration type, Arrays and strings, Applications of arrays (searching and sorting), List processing, Bubble sort, Selection sort, Insertion sort, Binary search, Vector type (class), Records, Pointers, linked lists Entry rules MATRICULATION: Certified for degree. At least 3 in mathematics, 2 in English and 2 in life orientation. Assessment and progression rules REQUIRED NSC SUBJECTS (Compulsory): Mathematics, English RECOMMENDED: IT, CAT OTHER (NBT): 3 in mathematics, Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two Assignments(30%), Two Tests (40%), 12 tutorial assessments(10%) and 12 Practical assessments(20%) Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA) + 40%(EA). Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination students must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%. 2012 PROSPECTUS
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Page 18 and 19: 11.1.2 Bachelor of Science in Compu
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Content / Syllabus In the second ye
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System Software 1 ext-year2 Module
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11.2.3.4.5 EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES Appl
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