Overview

This unit of study aims to introduce students to structured programming and design.

Requisites

Prerequisites
COS60010 Technology Inquiry Project

OR
COS60006 Introduction to Programming
OR
INF60008 Introduction to Programming in .NET
OR
Admission to MA-ITPC1 Master of Information Technology (Professional Computing)

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Explain the principles of the object oriented programming paradigm specifically including abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism, and explain how these principles are used to create object oriented programs
  • Design, develop, test, and debug programs using object-oriented principles in conjunction with an integrated development environment
  • Select and use appropriate collection classes, from the languages class library, to manage collections of multiple objects
  • Construct appropriate diagrams and textual descriptions to communicate the static structure and dynamic behaviour of an object-oriented solution
  • Apply accepted good practices related to the construction of object-oriented programs
  • Independently research topics in object-oriented programming and program structure

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
Online
Lecture		 1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		 2.00  12 weeks  24
On-campus
Workshop		 0.50  12 weeks  6
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 8.00  12 weeks  96
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Portfolio Individual  25 - 35%  1,2,3,4,5,6 
Project Individual  45 - 55%  1,2,3,4,5,6 
Test Individual  15 - 25%  2,3,4 

Content

  • Object oriented programming with Java
  • Responsibility driven design
  • Software development tools

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.