Dr Judithe Sheard
Senior Lecturer
Phone: +61 3 990 32701
Fax: +61 3 990 31077
Contact hours: To be advised
Dr Judithe Sheard
Senior Lecturer
Phone: +61 3 990 32701
Fax: +61 3 990 31077
Contact hours: To be advised
Welcome to FIT9017 Foundations of Programming for semester 2, 2010. This 6 point unit is a core unit for the Master of Applied Information Technology. Computer programming is a fundamental activity underlying all computer systems. A knowledge of programming is therefore important for students interested in a future in information technology.
The workload commitments are:
two-hour lecture each week;
two-hour tutorial each week held in a computer laboratory; and,
a minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of contact time in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.
This unit will be delivered via a 2 hour lecture and a 2 hour tutorial class each week.
Lectures will be used to present and explain programming constructs and the fundamentals of program design and testing.
Tutorials will be used for practical experience in the design, coding, testing and debugging of programs.
For information on timetabling for on-campus classes please refer to MUTTS, http://mutts.monash.edu.au/MUTTS/
On-campus students should register for tutorials/laboratories using the Allocate+ system: http://allocate.its.monash.edu.au/
Off-Campus-Learning students should refer to the study guide modules as their primary source of direction for studying in this unit.
| Week | Date* | Topic | References/Readings | Key dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19/07/10 | Intoduction to FIT9017 and expectations, introduction to programming, basic OO concepts, objects, classes, attributes, behaviour, state and identity. | Chapter 1, Barnes & Kolling | Note: Lecture outline and due dates for assessment tasks may be subject to change as semester progresses |
| 2 | 26/07/10 | Class definition, fields, constructors, methods, parameter passing, variables, expressions, statements, assignment, assignment, expressions, primitive data types, Strings, basic output. | Chapter 2, Section 2.1-2.12, Barnes & Kolling | |
| 3 | 02/08/10 | Selection (if and switch statements), conditions, arithmetic, relational & logical operators, shorthand operators, precedence, scope and lifetime, basic input. | Chapter 2, Section 2.13-2.19, Barnes & Kolling | |
| 4 | 09/08/10 | Object creation and interaction, abstraction, modularisation, class & object diagrams, object creation, primitive vs. object types, method calling, message passing, method signatures, method overloading. | Chapter 3, Barnes & Kolling | Exercise on Plagiarism, Cheating and Collusion (Hurdle) |
| 5 | 16/08/10 | Testing, unit testing, regression testing, specifying a test strategy, debugging. | Chapter 6, Barnes & Klling | |
| 6 | 23/08/10 | Class libraries, importing classes, collections, ArrayLists, Arrays, iteration, pre and post test loops. | Chapter 4, Barnes & Kolling | |
| 7 | 30/08/10 | Class documentation, javadoc, identity vs. equality, more on strings, sets and maps, conditional operator. | Chapter 5, Section 5.1-5.9, Barnes & Kolling | Assignment 1 due (15%) |
| 8 | 06/09/10 | Information hiding, encapsulation, access modifiers, scoping, class variables, class methods, constants. | Chapter 5, Section 5.10-5.14, Barnes & Kolling | |
| 9 | 13/09/10 | Program design, design documentation | Chapter 13, Section 13.1-13.3, Barnes & Kolling | |
| 10 | 20/09/10 | Code quality, coupling, cohesion, refactoring, testing a program. | Chapter 7, Barnes & Kolling | Assignment 2 - Stage 1 due (4%) |
| Mid semester break | ||||
| 11 | 04/10/10 | Programming errors, exception handling, file I/O | Chapter 12, Barnes & Kolling | |
| 12 | 11/10/10 | Inheritance, superclasses, subclasses, subtypes, substitution, polymorphic variables, protected access, casting, wrapper classes, collection hierarchy | Chapter 8, Barnes & Kolling | Assignment 2 - Stage 2 due (26%) |
| 13 | 18/10/10 | Revision, exam discussion | ||
*Please note that these dates may only apply to Australian campuses of Monash University. Off-shore students need to check the dates with their unit leader.
Objects First with Java (2009) by Barnes, D.J. & Kölling, M., Pearson Education Limited, 4th edition.
This is the textbook for the unit. The course will follow this text. The text contains the weekly pre-reading and many exercises that will be specified for you to work on in the tutorial classes and outside class.
The text book is available from the Monash University Bookshop at the Caulfield campus.
The following may provide useful extra reading for this unit. Copies of these are available in the Caulfield Library (on reserve, one day loan or in the normal circulation):
Java Foundations, Lewis, De Pasquale & Chase, Pearson Education, 2008
Big Java (4th edition) by Cay Horstman ( John Wiley & Sons), 2010
Java Programming - from Problem Analysis to Program Design (3rd edition), D. S Malik (Thomson ), 2008
Thinking in Java (4th edition), Eckell (Prentice Hall), 2006
Absolute Java (3rd edition), Savitch (Addison Wesley), 2008
In this unit we will use Java and the BlueJ development environment. This software is available on CD with the text book.
Also:
The Java software is available to download from Sun website at:(http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/).
BlueJ is available to download from the BlueJ site at: http://www.bluej.org/. You will be given instructions on how to use this in your first tutorial. You are expected to work in the BlueJ development environment. Tutors will only assess the assignments under this environment.
On-campus students, and those studying at supported study locations may use the facilities available in the computing labs. Information about computer use for students is available from the ITS Student Resource Guide in the Monash University Handbook.
Study resources we will provide for your study are:
To pass a unit which includes an examination as part of the assessment a student must obtain:
If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit examination or the unit non-examination total assessment, and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit.
The unit is assessed with two assignments, contributions to an online quiz facility, and a three hour closed book examination.
Assignment coversheets are available via "Student Forms" on the Faculty website: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/
You MUST submit a completed coversheet with all assignments, ensuring that the plagiarism declaration section is signed.
Assignment submission and return procedures, and assessment criteria will be specified with each assignment.
Assignment submission and preparation requirements will be detailed in each assignment specification. Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced. You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html.
A criteria for assessment will be provided with the assignment specification.
These are individual assignments and must be entirely your own work.
Assessment of these assignments is by interview. You will be asked to demonstrate your system at an interview in the week following the submission date. At the interview you can also expect to be asked to explain your system, your code, your design, discuss design decisions and alternatives and modify your code/system as required. Marks will not be awarded for any section of code or functionality that a student cannot explain or modify satisfactorily. (The marker may delete excessive comments in code before a student is asked to explain that code).
Interview times will be arranged in the tutorial labs immediately preceding the submission deadline. It is your responsibility to attend the lab and obtain an interview time. Students who do not attend an interview will receive zero marks for the assignment.
Details will be made available during semester.
Please make every effort to submit work by the due dates. It is your responsibility to structure your study program around assignment deadlines, family, work and other commitments. Factors such as normal work pressures, vacations, etc. are not regarded as appropriate reasons for granting extensions. Students are advised to NOT assume that granting of an extension is a matter of course.
Students requesting an extension for any assessment during semester (eg. Assignments, tests or presentations) are required to submit a Special Consideration application form (in-semester exam/assessment task), along with original copies of supporting documentation, directly to their lecturer within two working days before the assessment submission deadline. Lecturers will provide specific outcomes directly to students via email within 2 working days. The lecturer reserves the right to refuse late applications.
A copy of the email or other written communication of an extension must be attached to the assignment submission.
Refer to the Faculty Special consideration webpage or further details and to access application forms: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html
Students can expect assignments to be returned within two weeks of the submission date or after receipt, whichever is later.
Types of feedback you can expect to receive in this unit are:
Informal feedback on progress in labs/tutes
Graded assignments with comments
Quiz results
Please visit the following URL: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/appendix.html for further information about: