In 2004 the Bachelor of Information Technology will be introduced to replace the Bachelor of Computing at Gippsland as the undergraduate degree. The course has three majors, two of which will have two level 1 Java units in the core. GCO1811 will be the first of those units, GCO1812 the second. Up to 2004, students in the Bachelor of Computing have taken GCO1810 Programming fundamentals as the first programming unit, so it is proposed to change the objectives and summary of GCO1811 to address the needs of students with no prior programming experience and introduce GCO1812 as a second unit in object oriented programming to teach advanced topics. While GCO1812, previously Computer Programming 2, was never formally disestablished, it has also not been taught since 2000, when the reorganisation of the Bachelor of Computing made it redundant. This proposal reactivates the unit. In its revived form, the content and objectives have been designed to reflect common features of introductory Java units in the faculty, discussed at recent Faculty meetings on this matter. The Bachelor of IT will also be taught in Monash University Malaysia requiring the proposed change of teaching location as well.

FEC 5/03

Semester of offering at Malaysia specified.

FEC 5/04

Updated prohibitions to include other first level further Java programming units, and frequency of offering in Gippsland and Malaysia.

UGPSC 3/06 and FEC 3/06

This GCO1812 Monatar Entry is being updated to match the Monatar Entry for the new unit FIT1007, since it has been determined that GCO1812 is equivalent to FIT1007 and will be timetabled together.

This unit sits between GCO1811 and GCO2817 which is a core sequence in the Systems Development major of the Bachelor of Information Technology. GCO1811 teaches introductory programming consistent with the faculty core unit FIT1002 Computer Programming, whereas this unit continues the introduction to software development and software engineering begun in the faculty core unit Computer Programming, using the Java programming language to illustrate more advanced object-oriented concepts and techniques and more data structures. It gives students practice in using them to design, develop and test larger and more complicated programs. This in turn prepares students to go on to the unit GCO2817, which provides a more in-depth study on data structures and algorithms.

From 2006 Semester 2, this unit will be aligned to FIT1007, using the same teaching resources and assessments. It is similar to CSE1203 which will also be aligned to FIT1007 from 2006 Semester 2.

Students undertaking the Applications Development major of the Bachelor of Information Technology need a more advanced level of programming than is provided in the faculty core. This unit extends the knowledge and skills gained in GCO1811 (FIT1002).

At the completion of this unit, students will have an understanding of:

• K1. Object-oriented concepts such as inheritance, polymorphism, and abstract classes.
• K2. The implementation in Java of object-oriented concepts such as multiple inheritance.
• K3. How to test a program consisting of many interacting classes.
• K4. The collection classes in the Java API.
• K5. Design principles for building an object-oriented program.
• K6. Problem-solving techniques for debugging an object-oriented program.
• K7. The concept of recursion in a computer program.
• K8. Dynamic data structures.

At the completion of this unit, students will have attitudes that will allow them to:

• A1. Write programs that conform to programming standards
• A2. Use good design principles when constructing systems
• A3. Take a patient and thorough approach to testing
• A4. Acknowledge any assistance they have received in writing a program
• A5. Search for supplementary unit-related information in appropriate places when necessary

At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• P1. Design an object-oriented program consisting of many interacting classes with association, generalization and aggregation relationships.
• P2. Construct a test harness for testing a multiple class object-oriented program.
• P3. Write code to implement a multiple class object-oriented design in Java including association, generalization and aggregation relationships.
• P4. Debug and modify an existing program consisting of many interacting classes.
• P5. Use the Java API classes as part of their programs.
• P6. Use the Java collection classes to store and retrieve data appropriately.
• P7. Use recursion to solve new problems
• P8. Read data from keyboard and files, and write data to screen and files.
• P9. Use exception-handling techniques in programs.
• P10. Use UML to design an object-oriented program.

At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• R1. Document a program correctly
• R2. Produce appropriate documentation for designing and testing a program
• R3. Explain how parts of a program work

ASCED Discipline Group Classification: 020103 Programming.

This unit introduces more advanced object-oriented programming topics and techniques than its prerequisite, and gives students a deeper understanding of programming and data structures and more practical skills in designing, building and testing computer programs.

This unit introduces more advanced object-oriented programming topics and techniques than its prerequisite, and gives students a deeper understanding of programming and data structures and more practical skills in designing, building and testing computer programs.

Prescribed

• Horstmann, C. (2005) Big Java, 2nd edition, Wiley & Sons.

Recommended other references

• Robertson, L. (2007) "Simple program design : a step by step approach", 5th edition, Thomson. ISBN: 0-17-012851-2
• Savitch, W. (2006) Absolute Java, 2nd edition

On campus students will receive lectures and weekly tutorials in computer labs.

On-campus and off-campus students will receive newsgroup contact with other students and lecturers, email contact with lecturer and tutors. They will receive study materials in print and electronic media:

• On-line unit information
• Printed unit book with weekly study guides to supplement text books
• Unit website with links to any supplementary software, weekly lecture slides, tutorial and lab exercises and solutions, assignment specifications and solutions, focus questions and example code
• GSIT Computing Subject Support Modules CD-ROM presenting learning support for key topics in multimedia format

Lectures address objectives K1 through K6. Lab sessions address all other objectives. OCL materials address all objectives.

• Examination: 60%. Wherever possible, the exam will be common to all versions of the unit.
• Assignments and possibly tutorial/laboratory based practical exercises and/or unit tests: 40%

Assignments address objectives P1 - P10, A1 - A5 and R1 - R3. Examinations address objectives K1 - K8 and P1 - P10.

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12 hours per week. Contact time for on-campus modes is usually 4 hours per week. The breakdown of contact time into lectures, tutorials, laboratories, workshops and studios is set individually for each campus.

On-campus offerings require a high-tech lecture theatre with data display and internet connection, with a PC and facility to plug in a laptop, for two hours per week throughout the semester. (Group along with FIT1007)

There will be no tutorial discussion classes

One computer lab per 16 students for 2 hours per week throughout each semester. (Group along with FIT1007 activity)

1 lecturer per campus throughout each semester when offered.

For on-campus offerings, 1 tutor per 16 students for 2 hours per week of class contact throughout each semester.

Additional support for marking when required.

• Software Title: Java 1.5.0 SDK
• Vendor: Sun Microsystems
• Version: 1.5.0
• OS: MS Windows XP (X) and/or LINUX ( )
• License Details: I believe this is available to the public domain.
• Are we currently licensed: Yes - Presumably
• who is the contact person for this software?:
• The software to be installed and accessed from a: Client/Workstation ( ),
• Type of license: I believe this is available to the public domain.
• In what week will you commence using the software in class? Semester 1 (Week 1 ) and Semester 2 (Week 1 ) and possibly Summer Semester (Week 1)
• Nominated Staff For Acceptance Testing Software: Shane Moore (Gippsland)
• Additional Information: May need to adjust the PATH environment variable to include Java for command-prompt executions.

• Software Title: JCreator LE 3.50
• Vendor: Xinox Software
• Version: build 3.50 - Freeware
• OS: MS Windows XP (X) and/or LINUX ( )
• Download link for software: http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
• License Details: Freeware
• Are we currently licensed: Yes?? Current labs have it (but previous version)
• If (Yes), who is the contact person for this software?: Shane Moore
• Is the software to be installed and accessed from a: Client/Workstation (Yes), or Server (No) ?
• Type of license: Freeware
• In what week will you commence using the software in class? Semester 1 (Week 1 ) and/or Semester 2 (Week 1 ) and possibly Summer Semester (Week 1):
• Nominated Staff For Acceptance Testing Software: Shane Moore (Gippsland, 26716)
• Additional Information: Prefer if the program default settings has been set such that new projects by default will be written to the U drive (the student's work drive).

• Software Title: Apache Ant (Java Build Tool)
• Vendor: Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org)
• Version: 1.6.5 or newer
• OS: MS Windows XP (X) and/or LINUX ( )
• License Details: Open Source
• Are we currently licensed: Presumably
• If (Yes), who is the contact person for this software?: Shane Moore
• Is the software to be installed and accessed from a: Client/Workstation
• Type of license: FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
• In what week will you commence using the software in class? Semester 1 (Week 1 or 2 ) and/or Semester 2 (Week 1 or 2):
• Nominated Staff For Acceptance Testing Software: Shane Moore
• Additional Information: Special Requirements, Software Configuration/Installation Requirements, etc:

Adequate copies of at least the recommended texts listed above. This unit uses the same textbooks as FIT1002.

FIT

Nil

Nil

This unit is offered at Gippsland and Malaysia, and uses the same materials and assessment as FIT1007 which is additionally offered at Caulfield and South Africa.