Overview
This unit will help you become a computer programmer even if you have had no programming experience. You will cover topics such as pseudocode, variables, constants, data types, operators, expressions, statements, classes, objects, inheritance, loops, methods, passing parameters and arrays. You will learn how to design, implement and test programs using a modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have your say
Students (especially international students) are struggling with the online format.
It would be great to return to face to face teaching but this is not possible in the current situation. Possibly have smaller online classes and encourage more interaction with the students. At risk students will be identified and contacted.
Feedback from Have your say
Students are very satisfied with the teaching staff
Continue delivering the content and interactions with students at a high standard which follows the principles of good teaching practices.
Feedback from Self reflection
It is essential students have the JDK and an IDE installed on their own devices.
Encourage students to install the relevant software and offer assistance via Zoom to help with the installation.
- Understand the principles of object-oriented programming
- Develop programs using various data types, operators, expressions, statements and loops
- Develop programs using arrays for storing, searching and sorting data
- Develop programs using user-defined methods, parameters and arguments
- Develop programs using graphical user interface
- Apply techniques used to produce quality programs.
- Program ming/Software Development (PROG)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||
3 - Project (applied) - 55% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Communication | ||||||
2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
5 - Team Work | ||||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||||
3 - Project (applied) - 55% |
Textbooks
JAVA Programming
Edition: 9th edn (2018)
Authors: Joyce Farrell
CENGAGE Learning
Boston Boston , MA , USA
ISBN: 9781337397070
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- JDK, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
- (Optional)NetBeans, http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html
- TextPad, http://www.textpad.com/download/index.html
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.mckenzie@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Creating Java Programs
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Chapter 1
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Using Data
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Chapter 2
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Making Decisions
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Using Methods, Classes and Objects
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Chapter 3
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More Object Concepts
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Chapter 4
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Arrays
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Chapter 8
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Advanced Array Concepts
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Chapter 9
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Introduction to Swing Components
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Chapter 14
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Characters, Strings, and the StringBuilder
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Chapter 7
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Files Input and Output
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Chapter 13
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Revision
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1 Written Assessment
This assessment item is designed to test your understanding of topics such as variables, constants, types, operators, standard input/output, loops, if statements, classes, objects and methods. The assessment task is to write, compile and execute java programs using the above mentioned topics. Further details are available on the unit website in the Assessment 1 Specification document.
Week 6 Friday (23 Apr 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (7 May 2021)
1. Efficient object-oriented program design.
2. Appropriate use of variables, constants, types, operators, expressions, statements and loops.
3. Appropriate use of objects, classes and methods.
4. Effective use of good programming practice/techniques.
5. Rigorous testing of the program for logic, runtime and other errors.
6. Compilation and execution of the program using a modern IDE.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Develop programs using various data types, operators, expressions, statements and loops
- Develop programs using user-defined methods, parameters and arguments
- Apply techniques used to produce quality programs.
2 Written Assessment
This assessment item is designed to test your understanding of topics such as GUI input/output, arrays, objects, methods with parameters and searching. The assessment task is to write, compile and execute a Java program using the above mentioned topics. Further details are available on the unit website in the Assessment 2 Specification document.
Week 11 Friday (28 May 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (11 June 2021)
1. Efficient object-oriented program design.
2. Appropriate use of variables, constants, types, operators, expressions, statements and loops.
3. Appropriate use of objects, classes and methods.
4. Effective use of good programming practice/techniques.
5. Rigorous testing of the program for logic and runtime errors, data validation and reuse of code.
6. Compilation and execution of the program using a modern IDE.
7. Efficient use of arrays, searching algorithms.
8. Appropriate use of graphical user interface.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Understand the principles of object-oriented programming
- Develop programs using arrays for storing, searching and sorting data
- Develop programs using graphical user interface
- Apply techniques used to produce quality programs.
3 Project (applied)
No Assessment Task Description
Exam Week Monday (14 June 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
No Assessment Criteria
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Understand the principles of object-oriented programming
- Develop programs using various data types, operators, expressions, statements and loops
- Develop programs using arrays for storing, searching and sorting data
- Develop programs using user-defined methods, parameters and arguments
- Develop programs using graphical user interface
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Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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