Following on from FIT1002, this unit introduces the C++ language to students. The unit extends the FIT1002 concepts into more advanced object-oriented programming topics such as inheritance and polymorphism. C++ streams, pointers and arrays, classes, templates and the STL, along with the I/O class hierarchy will be discussed at length. Interactive programming techniques will be used to solve various programming exercises. The unit will give students a deeper understanding of programming and data structures by introducing recursion and dynamic data structures.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk
Concepts will be introduced and demonstrated in the lecture and will be discussed and put into practice during the laboratory time.
Additionally, each student should spend a minimum of 8 to 12 hours for personal study every week. This includes finishing laboratory exercises, undertaking further coding examples and completing assignment work.
Matthew Butler
Matthew Butler
Elliott Wilson
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | C++ Building Blocks 1: Main, Input/Output, Variables, and Simple Objects | |
| 2 | C++ Building Blocks 2: Decisions, Loops, Functions, and Debugging | |
| 3 | C++ Building Blocks 3: Arrays, Vectors and the STL | |
| 4 | Classes and Objects 1: Declaring, Accessing, Constructors, and Destructors | |
| 5 | References and an Introduction to Pointers | Lab Portfolio Submission 1 due: Wednesday 10 April 2013 |
| 6 | Pointers continued and Memory Management | |
| 7 | Classes and Objects 2: Inheritance and Polymorphism | |
| 8 | Classes and Objects 3: Heap data members, Friends, Overloading, and Structs | Lab Portfolio Submission 2 due: Wednesday 1 May 2013 |
| 9 | Recursion and Miscellaneous C++ Concepts | |
| 10 | Data Structures and the STL Revisited | |
| 11 | Algorithms | Major Assignment due: Friday 24 May 2013 |
| 12 | Case Study and Revision | |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your learning system.
Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lab Portfolio Submission 1 | 10% | Wednesday 10 April 2013 |
| Lab Portfolio Submission 2 | 10% | Wednesday 1 May 2013 |
| Major Programming Assignment | 20% | Friday 24 May 2013 |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
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Academic Integrity - Please see the Demystifying Citing and Referencing tutorial at http://lib.monash.edu/tutorials/citing/
Explicit assessment criteria will be provided in the assignment brief, however students will be assessed on the following broad criteria:
Feedback will be provided on your progress to facilitate for improvements in the second set of portfolio pieces.
Late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per late day (including weekends), and may be submitted up to a maximum of 7 days late. After this time submissions will not be accepted without prior arrangement with the unit leader.
Explicit assessment criteria will be provided in the assignment brief, however students will be assessed on the following broad criteria:
Late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per late day (including weekends), and may be submitted up to a maximum of 7 days late. After this time submissions will not be accepted without prior arrangement with the unit leader.
Explicit assessment criteria will be provided in the assignment brief, however students will be assessed on the following broad criteria:
Late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per late day (including weekends), and may be submitted up to a maximum of 7 days late. After this time submissions will not be accepted without prior arrangement with the unit leader.
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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.
Students may not resubmit assignments after the due date has passed.
It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/plagiarism-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an online quiz).
If Electronic Submission has been approved for your unit, please submit your work via the learning system for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.
This unit will require the use of a personal computer and a suitable IDE for C++ development. While Visual Studio for Windows will be used in the laboratory environment, any IDE is suitable for outside development. Copies of the Windows operating system and Visual Studio 2010 may be obtained free of charge from http://msdnaa.monash.edu.au/fit
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Previous feedback for the unit has been very positive, so many of the aspects have been left the same. In the past students have particualrly liked the assignment structure as well as a focus on more fun game-like activities. New assignments have been created in this format, to encourage further engagement with the content.
Students also responded positively to the lectures being primarily focused on working through code and examples, rather than simply running through dot points from slides. This will continue this year, with a greater focus placed on real-time coding and interactivity with students rather than running through slides.
Some students highlighted the previous problem of having labs before the lectures, therefore this has been addressed. The workload of the assignments had also been raised by a handful of students, so this has been looked at and addressed as well.
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