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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2009 - 2010
This information is provisional and subject to change.

Module Title	Computer Programming II
Module Code	CA166
School	Computing
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Module Co-ordinator	Prof Joe Morris	Office Number	L1.13
Level	1	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

The aim of this module is to consolidate and build on the material presented to the students in Introduction to Computer Programming I. The module aims to give a more in-depth treatment of the Java programming language and to further develop students' programming abilities. In addition, the module introduces students to the basic concepts of Algorithms and Data Structures.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of this module, students will have an in-depth knowledge of the Java programming language and should be able to design, implement and debug programs written in Java.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	36
Tutorials	12
Laboratories	36
Seminars	0
Independent Learning Time	66

Total	150
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 10 credit module load represents approximately 150 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

· JAVA More on arrays, strings, static methods, and standard input/output. Classes and objects. Instance variables and methods; visibility and scope; overloading. Initialisation and finalisation; garbage collection. Object composition. Public vs. private. Exceptions. Text files. Binary files; sequential and random access. · ALGORITHMS Recursion. Binary and linear search. Elementary sorting. Elementary complexity theory; Big-Oh notation.· DESIGN Elementary modelling with objects. Case studies in designing with classes.· DATA STRUCTURES Sets, lists, and general collections. Array implementations. Introduction to Java''s Collections framework. Students will undertake weekly programming assignments.