Syllabus 2009/2010 EDA017

Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)

PROGRAMMING, FIRST COURSE

EDA017

Higher education credits: 9. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. EDA017 overlap following cours/es: EDA010, EDA011, EDA015, EDA016, EDA390, EDA500, EDA501, EDA616, EDA618, EDAA10, EDA010, EDA011, EDA015, EDA016, EDA390, EDA500, EDA501, EDA616, EDA618, EDAA10, EDA010, EDA011, EDA015, EDA016, EDA390, EDA500, EDA501, EDA616, EDA618, EDAA10, EDA010, EDA011, EDA015, EDA016, EDA390, EDA500, EDA501, EDA616, EDA618 och EDAA10. Compulsory for: E1, F1, I2. Course coordinator: Christian Söderberg, Christian.Soderberg@cs.lth.se, Inst f datavetenskap. Assessment: Programming assignments in Java and assignments in Matlab. Written examination. The final grade of the course is based on the result of the written examination. Parts: 3. Home page: http://www.cs.lth.se/Education/LTH/.

Aim
The students shall learn to write small and medium-sized computer programs and attain basic knowledge of object-oriented programming and the programming language Java.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to explain, at a basic level, what happens in a computer when a program is executed
be able to explain fundamental concepts in object-oriented and imperative programming
be able to explain and give examples of use of fundamental algorithms, for example for searching and sorting
be able to describe and give examples of use of fundamental data structures such as arrays, matrices and lists
be able to list and describe the most basic Matlab functions

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to develop and implement algorithms to solve simple problems
be able to implement Java classes, starting from given specifications
be able to structure programs, both using subroutines and using classes and methods
be able to develop a model of a small system, using classes and methods
be able to use tools to write, test and debug programs
be able to use Matlab to perform simulations and calculations to solve mathematical problems

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to estimate the degree of difficulty of writing different programs
be able to independently learn to write programs in programming languages similar to Java and Matlab

Contents
Program constructs, development of elementary algorithms, usage of library classes, testing and debugging. Arrays, searching and sorting. Introduction to functional and data abstraction. Implementation of classes, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. Fundamentals of modelling. Exercise session which give the students experience of problem analysis, program development and program testing. Assignments in Matlab.

Literature
Material distributed by the department.

Parts

Code: 0106. Name: Programming Assignments.
Higher education credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Completed programming assignments in Java.

Code: 0206. Name: Written Programming Examination.
Higher education credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written examination. The final grade of the course is based on the written examination. Further information: To qualify for the written examination, students must have completed the compulsory assignments.

Code: 0306. Name: Introduction to Matlab.
Higher education credits: 1,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Completed assignments in Matlab.