| Module Title: | Programming 2 |
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| Teaching & Learning Strategies: |
Combination of lectures and practical laboratory sessions. Lectures will take the form of traditional theory and workshop activities. Workshop activities entail interaction with students whilst building programs from scratch using data projector facilities. Laboratory sessions take the form of formative assessment sheets with individual interaction with students. There is a strong emphasis on writing code from scratch live in class on each new concept. |
| Module Aim: |
To provide the student with:
1. the problem solving skills necessary for programming
2. the basic concepts of programming.
3. the capability to develop complete programs |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to: |
| LO1 |
Create programs to implement strings; |
| LO2 |
Create programs to implement arrays; |
| LO3 |
Comprehend and implement in programs, object-oriented programming concepts such as abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism; |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
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| No recommendations listed |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. |
| No requirements listed |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Methods
Methods, parameter passing, return types, arguments, parameters, call by value, call by reference.
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Strings
String manipulation, string classes and methods
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Arrays
Concepts, declarations, creation, sorting and searching arrays, multidimensional arrays
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Objects
Classes, objects, methods, instance & local variables, scope, method parameters & return types, pass by value parameters, reference variables, access modifiers, object creation, object initialisation & constructors, inheritance, super keyword, constructors.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Continuous Assessment | 70.00% |
| End of Module Formal Examination | 30.00% |
| Continuous Assessment |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Other |
Lab 1: The student will be assessed on their ability to write a program that utilizes strings. |
1 |
20.00 |
Week 6 |
| Other |
Lab 2: The student will be assessed on their ability to write a program that utilizes arrays |
1,2 |
20.00 |
Week 9 |
| Other |
Written Assessment on Arrays of Objects & Methods |
2,3 |
20.00 |
Week 12 |
| Performance Evaluation |
Active participation in the Lab |
1,2,3 |
10.00 |
n/a |
| End of Module Formal Examination |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Formal Exam |
Written exam assessing knowledge of concepts covered throughout semester. |
1,2,3 |
30.00 |
End-of-Semester |
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
12 Weeks per Stage |
2.00 |
| Laboratory |
12 Weeks per Stage |
3.00 |
| Tutorial |
12 Weeks per Stage |
1.00 |
| Estimated Learner Hours |
15 Weeks per Stage |
3.53 |
| Total Hours |
125.00 |
Module Delivered In
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