Unit of Study COMP2008 Programming and Software Development (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

- COMP1011 Foundations of Programming

Unit description

This unit aims to teach students advanced object-oriented concepts and their application in a modern API. It focuses on object-oriented programming, development frameworks, and integrating AI into software development.

Unit content

Module 1: Language Fundamentals and OOP Basics

Module 2: Class Building Blocks

Module 3: Class design

Module 4: Data Structures and Algorithms

Module 5: Programming Libraries and Tools

Module 6: Developing robust, maintainable code

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

modify and enhance existing object-oriented programs to expand functionality

design, implement, and test new object-oriented programs to meet specific requirements

apply class design techniques to develop robust, maintainable, and efficient code

select and implement appropriate data structures and algorithms to solve programming problems.

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