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2016/2017  KAN-CEBUO1000U  Introduction to programming and distributed systems

English Title
Introduction to programming and distributed systems

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring, Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Marjahan Begum - Department of IT Management (ITM)
Main academic disciplines
  • Information technology
Last updated on 10-08-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: At the exam, the student should be able to:
  • Develop a simple software through object oriented (OO) design and (OO)programming and simple testing (1).
  • Use tools (e.g., class libraries) and techniques for producing simple software application from a structured or unstructured specification (2).
  • Demonstrate the use of the concepts and fundamentals of object-oriented programming through simple programming problems (3).
  • Demonstrate understanding of the concepts and fundamentals of object-oriented programming(4).
  • Demonstrate the use an object-oriented programming language to construct simple applications(5).
  • Develop an understanding of layered and virtual machines in relation to a simple program (6).
  • Be able to communicate effectively about development methods, techniques and programming concepts to a wider audience (7).
Prerequisites for registering for the exam
Number of mandatory activities: 4
Compulsory assignments (assessed approved/not approved)
To enter the examination, the student must have passed four mandatory, individual assignments. The first three assignments requires that the student submit, before set dates, a report consisting of the solution/code to the given programming problems. The reports must be approved (pass/fail). For students who submit and achieve 'not approved' or cannot submit due to illness, will have to submit before a second set date before the end of the course.
The fourth assignment is a quiz which students have to complete within a time frame. The quiz must be passed (pass/fail). For students who take the quiz and achieve 'not approved' or cannot participate due to illness, will have to take a second quiz at a second set date, before the end of the course.
Students who have not received 'approved' for all four mandatory assignment cannot participate in the ordinary examination.
For re-exam, if one or more of the four mandatory assignment has not been approved, the student can answer a 24 hour home assignment, covering all four mandatory assignments, given by the teacher within a fixed date before the re-examination. Students can only enter reexamination if the assignment obtains 'approved'.
Examination
Introduction to Programming and Distributed Systems:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Individual oral exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group max. 2
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Summer and Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

Individual oral exam with written assignment without preparation. 


The duration with grading is 20 min. pr. student. 

 

The exam departs in the mandatory mini project, which is made during the semester, and the student is examined throughout the entire syllabus. The mini project is made in groups of students. All the groups members are responsible for the project and the content of the report. However, it needs to be stated, which parts of the report each student has written. Regarding hand-in, see my.cbs
Course content and structure

The purpose of the course is to provide an understanding and acquaintance of the activities that are performed from the idea phase to an IT-System emerges, and to the finished system is implemented.


The course provides a basic knowledge of the topics, which are relevant in relation to development of IT-systems with special emphasis on object-oriented programming principles. The course is based on an interdisciplinary approach to IT, which is supported by practice-oriented teaching. This means theoretical topics and technological terms are continuously compared to concrete and practical examples that the student works with. The following topics are covered:

  • Methods (Object-oriented design): The relationship between design and development of the simple software.
  • Introduction to object-oriented programming (Java): Central topics and principles in object-oriented programming including data types, control structures, methods, classes, objects, polymorphism and inheritance, reading and writing data to file, and applying these to construct simple software.
  • Class libraries: The use of program libraries and their roles concerning re-use and abstraction.
  • Machine architecture: How program constructions in an applied programming language are executed through a hierarchy of virtual machines including different software types.
Teaching methods
The course consist of 24 hours of lectures and 36 hours of exercises. These are held as a mixture of theoretical teaching and practical exercises with and without the use of PC. The required software are Eclipse Standard and Java 8 SDK which need to be installed for the student to be able to do the programming exercises, and UMLet installed to construct UML artifacts.

The presented theories and methods should be applied in practice. Therefore, smaller assignments are made during the semester, where examples of the students’ solutions are discussed in class.

The students work in the entire semester on a mini project. The sub-topics of the course are presented in a sequence so their relevance are demonstrated (from idea to product). The project departs in a company’s demands for a simple IT-system. Object-oriented design is presented and it is demonstrated how a design model can translated to code in a program. Moreover, the students evaluate each other’s project work on the mini project with reviews.

CBS Learn is used for sharing documents, slides, exercises etc. and for interactivity.
Student workload
Lectures and exercises in 12 weeks 24 hours
Group work and exercises in 12 weeks 36 hours
Normal preparation for lectures, exercises and project work 122 hours
Exam preparation: 25 hours
Further Information

EBUSS T1 Business-technical course
Expected literature

Main Textbook:  Y. Daniel Liang, (2009). Introduction to Java Programming, Brief Version (10th Edition), ISBN: 978-0133592207. (Chapters 8, 14, 15, 16 and 18 are not  mandatory).

 

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Last updated on 10-08-2016