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CS/SE Individual Practical (U01904)

? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 9  ? Acronym : INF-3-IP

The Individual Programming project exposes students to the problems that arise with the design and implementation of large scale computer systems, and to methods of coping with such problems. Students will gain experience in how to: - Design clearly and coherently structured systems. - Choose the appropriate means of implementation. - Discover and use relevant information. - Schedule their work load. - Present their work in a clear and concise way.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Computer Science 2A (INF-2-CS2A) and Computer Science 2B (INF-2-CS2B). This course is not open to Visiting Students.

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
28/09/2005 11:00 12:00 Lecture Theatre C, JCMB KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Wednesday 11:10 12:00 KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- Describe the software design and development process, and be able to relate this process to their own experience.
- Plan to manage complex systems with competing requirements.
- Consider and compare possible structures for a design.
- Read technical papers and extract relevant content.
- Plan to manage their time and resources in completing a large project.
- Write and debug a program consisting of one to two thousand lines of code.
- Write clear and concise documentation.
- Analye the performance of a system

Assessment Information

Assessed assignments 100%

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Gillian Watt
Tel : (0131 6)50 5194
Email : gwatt@inf.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Colin Stirling
Email : cps@dcs.ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/

School Website : http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/

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