Syllabus 2010/2011 EDAA10

Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN JAVA

EDAA10

Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G1 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. EDAA10 overlaps following cours/es: EDA010, EDA011, EDA015, EDA016, EDA017, EDA390, EDA500, EDA501, EDA616, EDA618 and EDAA20. Compulsory for: IDA1, IEA1. Course coordinator: Roy Andersson, Roy.Andersson@cs.lth.se, Dept of Computer Science. Assessment: Written examination. The final grade of the course is based on the result of the written examination. To qualify for the the written examination, students must have completed the compulsory exercises, laboratory work, and assignments. Parts: 2. Home page: http://cs.lth.se/edaa10.

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

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to explain fundamental concepts in object-oriented and imperative programming
be able to explain and give examples of use of fundamental algorithms, e.g., for searching and sorting
be able to describe and give examples of use of fundamental data structures such as arrays, matrices and lists.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to develop and implement algorithms so solve simple problems
be able to implement Java classes, starting from given specifications
be able to structure programs, using classes and methods
be able to use tools to write, test and debug programs
be able to read program code and program documentation

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to go further on his own in the field of object oriented programming

Contents
Programs as models of real systems. Objects and operations, classes and methods. Basic Java programming, fundamental algorithms. Data structures: arrays, the class ArrayList. Inheritance, polymorphism. String classes. Object-oriented program development.

Literature
Holm P.: Objektorienterad programmering och Java. Studentlitteratur, 2007. ISBN: 978-91-44-04830-7.

Parts

Code: 0111. Name: Compulsory Course Item.
Higher education credits: 4,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: For a passing grade, the exercises, laboratory work and assignments must be completed.

Code: 0211. Name: Written Examination.
Higher education credits: 3. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written examination. The final grade of the course is based on the result of the written examination. To qualify for the the written examination, students must have completed the compulsory exercises, laboratory work, and assignments.