Unit of Study PROG5001 Fundamentals of Programming (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

PROG2007 Programming II OR ISY00245 Principles of Programming OR CSC00235 Applications Development

Unit description

Covers fundamental concepts of programming and basic principles in the design and development of a program, its data structures and algorithms. This unit provides foundation knowledge and skills in programming and problem-solving using programming techniques which prepares students for advanced programming and software development tasks in desktop, mobile and cloud environment.

Unit content

Module 1. Fundamental concepts of programming

Module 2. Basic blocks of programming languages

Module 3. Basic algorithms for data manipulation

Module 4. Data structures in algorithm development

Module 5. Program development and debugging

Module 6. Program design for readability and performance

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term3,5	Term3,5
Melbourne	N/A	Term3,5
Online	Term3,5	N/A
Perth	N/A	Term3,5
Sydney	N/A	Term3,5

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:

analyse the execution of a program or code segment to determine the output of the code.

modify an existing program or code segment to achieve an intended outcome.

design or select suitable data structures and algorithms for a problem.

apply algorithmic thinking and programming techniques in solving simplified computational problems.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Programming	40%
Programming	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Programming	40%
Programming	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Programming	40%
Programming	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Programming	40%
Programming	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Programming	40%
Programming	40%

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