66203 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
98	66203 	S1  	X 	OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMNG	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

66121

RATIONALE:

Object-orientation is rapidly becoming the standard systems developing
methodology  throughout  the  computing  industry.  Therefore   future
information  technology specialists will require a solid grounding  in
object-oriented programming and design.

SYNOPSIS:

This unit extends the student's design and programming skills to cover
object-oriented  programming methods, which are rapidly  becoming  the
standard  systems  development methodology  throughout  the  computing
industry.  Students will be expected to gain a solid understanding  of
object-oriented principles in analysis, design and programming, and to
develop skills using a suitable object-oriented language. Topics  will
typically  include:  review  or study of  the  principles  of  object-
oriented development (e.g. abstraction, inheritance, polymorphism  and
dynamic  binding), problem decomposition, method design, planning  for
re-use, and object-oriented programming.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able
to:

1. have gained a good understanding of the additional features of
   C++ compared with C,
   
2. be able to employ existing C++ class libraries in the
   development of C++ programs,
   
3. be able to design new C++ classes and systems of classes to
   encapsulate data structures and representations of objects,
   
4. be familiar with principles of object-oriented analysis and
   high-level design in order to identify suitable classes for
   implementation,
   
5. understand object-oriented principles including inheritance,
   friends, the class life cycle, class implementation and
   testing, and designing for reuse.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

General principles:                                                   60.00
objects, classes, inheritance, application and class life
cycle, identifying classes, class design, is-a and has-a,
implementation and testing, reusability.

C++:                                                                  40.00
language structure, classes, new and delete, scope access
operator, virtual base classes, friends, constructors and
destructors,  overloading,  operator  functions,  virtual
functions, class scope, templates, C++ stream  and  other
classes.

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

The student must have access to a C++ compiler. Free compilers are
available to run under the free Linux operating system.

Deitel & Deitel, 1996, C and C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom,
Prentice Hall. (Optional Purchase)

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Deitel & Deitel, 1995, C++, How to Program, Prentice-Hall.

Meyer, B. 1997, Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd edn, (an
excellent book about object-oriented software design, but it uses
Meyer's own language, Eiffel, not C++.)

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Private Study                                 	163
Examinations                                  	3

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              20/03/98  ASSIGNMENT 1                              10.00     Y   N
2   S              27/04/98  ASSIGNMENT 2                              10.00     Y   N
3   S              29/05/98  ASSIGNMENT 3                              20.00     Y   N
4   S              END S1    3 HOUR OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION              60.00     N   N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1    Students  will  require access to an appropriate computer  either
     via the student's own arrangements or a USQ study centre.
2    To obtain a pass in the unit, student must perform satisfactorily
     in all aspects of assessment
3    In accordance with University policy and Guidelines,
3.1  an  Examiner  may  grant  an extension of  the  due  date  of  an
     assignment in extenuating circumstances;
3.2  no  assignments  will be accepted for assessment  purposes  after
     assignments  or  model  solutions have been  released  except  in
     extenuating circumstances;
3.3  assignments  submitted after the due date without any extenuating
     circumstances  will  attract a penalty of  at  most  20%  of  the
     assignment mark for each working day late;
3.4  students who submit an assignment after the due date and wish  to
     claim   extenuating   circumstances,  must  provide   documentary
     evidence with the assignment explaining the circumstances;
3.5  the   unit  examiner  shall  consider  a  claim  for  extenuating
     circumstances and decide on the outcome;
3.6  the  decision of the Dean shall be final in any dispute that  may
     arise in the implementation of these guidelines.
4    Open   Examination:  an  open  examination  indicates  that   the
     candidate  may have access to any material during the examination
     except  the  following: electronic communication  devices,  bulky
     material,  devices requiring mains power and material  likely  to
     disturb other students.