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

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of Year 2 of an Informatics Single or Combined Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. Students are assumed to have competence in design, programming, debugging, documentation and programming in Java.

? Prohibited combinations : This course is not available to VUG students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Informatics, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

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
21/09/2007	14:00	14:50			To Be Confirmed

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	14:00	14:50	Central

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