CP1404 - Programming I

Credit points:	03
Year:	2015
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Business, Law & Governance

In this subject students are introduced to fundamental principles and practices of computer programming. Students commence work on industry certifications including application scoping, wireframes, prototyping, testing, and debugging. Key topics covered are problem-solving techniques, Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) programming, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) design principles, and object-oriented programming fundamentals.

Learning Outcomes

• apply fundamental application development skills in a modern programming environment;
• describe relevant programming that support software development practices;
• examine the historical development of programming languages and programming environments;
• develop and utilize best-practice clean coding techniques;
• adopt self-learning with modern on-line information support resources.

Prerequisites:	CP1801 OR CP1401 OR CP1200 OR EG1002 OR CP2200
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CP1300 CP1804 CP5632

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 27-Aug-2015
Coordinator:	Dr Jason Holdsworth
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (15%); test/quiz (15%); coding project (30%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 27-Aug-2015
Coord/Lect:	Dr Jason Holdsworth.
Contact hours:	0 hours
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (15%); test/quiz (15%); coding project (30%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 27-Aug-2015
Coord/Lect:	Dr Jason Holdsworth.
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (15%); test/quiz (15%); coding project (30%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 26-Nov-2015
Coordinator:	Dr Jason Holdsworth
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (15%); test/quiz (15%); coding project (30%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 30-Jul-2015
Coordinator:	Dr Jason Holdsworth
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (15%); test/quiz (15%); coding project (30%).

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