COMP2750 Java Programming for New Media

Later Year Course

Offered By	Department of Computer Science
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	Computer Science
Offered in	First Semester, 2009 and First Semester, 2010
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	A Java-based introductory programming course which includes aspects of graphical user-interfaces and Java2D graphics as well as good programming practice and software engineering.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of this course, you should be able to: Read and understand a Java-based software code of medium-to-high complexity. Write a Java application of medium complexity (consisting multiple classes). To use standard and third-party Java's API when writing your ownapplications. Understand the basic principles of creating Java applications with graphical user interface (GUI). Create your own GUI application of low complexity using the AWT/Swing Java packages. Understand fundamental concepts of computer science: structure of computational process, algorithms and complexity of computation. Understand the basic approches to designing software application and implementing the design using Java programming language. Create Java applications to manipulate media data (sound, images) using the standard Java packages javax.sound and Java 2D.
Indicative Assessment	Homework and Labs (10%); Two Programming Assignments (30%); Final Theory Exam (60%)
Workload	Thirty one-hour lectures, six two-hour laboratory sessions.
Areas of Interest	Information Technology
Requisite Statement	COMP1100 or COMP2720
Incompatibility	COMP1110 and COMP1510
Prescribed Texts	Hortsman, Cay Big Java, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2007. Other recommended resources will be listed on http://cs.anu.edu.au/Student/comp2750-6700.2008/java_resources.php
Majors/Specialisations	IT in New Media Arts
Programs	Bachelor of Arts (New Media Arts)

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