Overview
In this unit, you will learn how to program using an object-oriented programming language. It is assumed that you have little or no programming experience, so you will be guided through the basics of application development using classes and objects. You will learn about the parts of a program, including variables, types, and methods, and learn how to read input and produce output. A key aspect of this unit is practical, hands-on, simple application development and testing, which you will do in an industry-standard integrated development environment (IDE).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Anti-requisite: COIT29222 Programming Principles.
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).
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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).
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 Teaching Team Survey Feedback
Students find CodeRunner difficult to use.
Provide additional instruction on answering CodeRunner questions.
Feedback from Teaching Team Survey Feedback
Students perform insufficient unit testing.
Create additional unit testing materials and activities.
Feedback from Teaching Team Reflections
Insufficient use of Git, the industry-standard version control tool.
Create additional materials to guide students on using Git, for example, to clone a repository that contains the lecture and tutorial code and using Git within an IDE for version control.