Object-Oriented Programming

This unit of study aims to introduce students to structured programming and design.

Prerequisites

Teaching Periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Semester 1

Hawthorn

26-February-2024
26-May-2024

10-March-2024

31-March-2024

12-April-2024

02-July-2024

Semester 2

Hawthorn

29-July-2024
27-October-2024

11-August-2024

31-August-2024

13-September-2024

03-December-2024

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Explain the principles of the object oriented programming paradigm specifically including abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism, and explain how these principles are used to create object oriented programs
Design, develop, test, and debug programs using object-oriented principles in conjunction with an integrated development environment
Select and use appropriate collection classes, from the languages class library, to manage collections of multiple objects
Construct appropriate diagrams and textual descriptions to communicate the static structure and dynamic behaviour of an object-oriented solution
Apply accepted good practices related to the construction of object-oriented programs
Independently research topics in object-oriented programming and program structure

Type	Hours per week	Number of weeks	Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture	2.00	12 weeks	24
On-campus Class	2.00	12 weeks	24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Workshop	0.50	12 weeks	6
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning	8.00	12 weeks	96
TOTAL			150

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Portfolio	Individual	45%	1,2,3,4,5,6
Project	Individual	35%	1,2,3,4,5,6
Test	Individual	20%	2,3,4

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.