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Obsolete Reasons for Introduction
This subject is one of the core units in the "Bachelor of Software Engineering" course. Prior to this unit, students should have finished the core units in the first two year levels. They have studied advanced object-oriented programming concepts and techniques, and are ready to be presented with the more difficult area of concurrent programming.The models used in modern computation no longer include just the algorithmic calculation processes, but have evolved to include additional paradigms, such as the parallel, embedded, distributed, event-driven and interactive process model. The fundamental difference between this latter paradigm and the traditional model is that in the traditional model it is assumed that executions are single-threaded, while the more modern view is that executions should be seen as multi-threaded, or parallel event driven tasks, that reflect the highly diverse and asynchronous activities demanded in the modern computing context. Students should be taught this model of computation as most modern applications (for example spreadsheets, databases, GUI and network applications, to name a few) are written this way. By complementing this with object-oriented design, students will be well equipped to handle most modern programming challenges.
