Revision of the BCS structure for 2011. Students can currently graduate with insufficient experience in programming non-trivial systems. The introduction of FIT3140 addresses this lack of programming experience.

20/03/15 - Complete rewrite of unit goals to fit new outcomes format. Reflects existing unit content and spirit of existing goals.

19/05/14 - Added FIT2085 (new 2nd year version of FIT1008 for BSc students completing a computational science major) as alternate prerequisite to FIT1008. For 2015 implementation.

May 2013: Add Summer to semesters of offering (possibly to be offered at Clayton in summer 2013/2014)

30 March 2017: Added reasons for Change on behalf of Chief Examiner. Examination hours updated to meet new University Examination Procedures. Effective S2 2017.

28/4/2021 - Unit disestablished at FEC 2/21 Item 6.2

The unit is a core unit in the Bachelor of Computer Science and an elective for the Bachelor of Software Engineering.

The capstone project FIT3036, (and from 2011, FIT3144) is intended to provide experience with programming non-trivial systems. However, in the pre 2011 structure of the BCS there is no unit to bridge from the programming of toy examples in FIT1002, FIT1008 to the requirements of the capstone project. FIT3140 provides this bridge.

020103

This unit develops the students' ability to design, implement and maintain moderately complex, realistically-sized programs using an Agile software development methodology. It builds upon the basic programming techniques introduced in introductory programming unit and offers the first introduction to the implementation of more complex real-world programs. Examples of such systems include compilers and interpreters, simulations, visualisation tools, drawing packages, database systems, graphical games. Such systems may be implemented in the context of non-traditional computing environments such as smartphone "apps". The unit may offer students the opportunity to get acquainted with a second programming language within the procedural-object oriented paradigm, such as C++, Python or one of their cousins, depending on the scope of the project chosen in a particular semester.

The unit bridges between core programming knowledge and the large-scale software engineering context. It will emphasize the implementation and use of intermediate to advanced data structures (such as search trees, hash structures, graphs and graph algorithms etc.) and the embedding into an actual computing system (i.e. interacting with the O/S, networking components etc).

on-campus

Examination (2 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

FIT

FIT1008 or FIT2085