Overall Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Take a “real-life” problem and abstract out the pertinent aspects necessary to solve it.
- Formulate formal solutions to well-defined problems using the logic of a programming language.
- Implement formal solutions in Java using an integrated development environment.
- Have an understanding of the basics of data abstraction using the object-oriented framework.
Important Dates
- Course Content Release: 1 June 2016 09:00 (GMT+8)
- Exam Release Date: 15 June 2016 09:00 (GMT+8)
- Graded Assessments and Exam Due Date: 23 August 2016 23:59 (GMT+8)
Course Outline
Week | Learning Objectives | Contents | Graded Assessments |
1 |
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Module 01 - Course Overview Hardware and software; Problem solving
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Module 01 Graded Problem Tasks |
2 |
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Module 02 - Programming Fundamentals Primitive data types; Identifiers and Variables; Assignment statements; Arithmetic expressions; Simple I/O
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Module 02 Graded Problem Tasks |
3 |
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Module 03 - Object-oriented Programming Objects and classes; Properties and methods; Java documentation
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Module 03 Graded Problem Tasks |
4 |
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Module 04 - Scope Rules, Character String, Control Flow (if-else-if, switch) Scope rules; Character String; Boolean expressions; Branching statements: if-else-if, switch;
Handouts:
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Module 04 Graded Problem Tasks |
5 |
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Module 05 - Control Flow (loops), Arrays while loop; static methods; Shortcut operators; do-while loop; for loop; Arrays
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Module 05 Graded Problem Tasks |
6 |
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Exam
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Exam |