Programme Summary and Regulations 2011-2012 - Work Experience Entry Route for Computing & Information Systems and Creative Computing

Table of Contents

1. Programme Summary and Regulations: Work Experience Entry routes related to the BSc in Computing and Information Systems and the BSc in Creative Computing
2. The relationship between the BSc, the Diploma, and the Work Experience Entry route
3. Important information regarding the Programme Summary and Regulations
4. Work Experience Entry route Summary
5. Detailed Work Experience Entry route Regulations
6. Annex A - Course outlines
7. Annex B - Assessment Criteria
8. Glossary of terms
9. Related documents and other sources of information

Annex A - Course outlines

Introduction to Java and object-oriented programming [CO1109] (full course)

For: Work Experience Entry route Computing and Information Systems and Creative Computing

Basic Types and Expressions; Assignment Statements; Loops and Conditionals (Simple and Nested); Handling Simple I/O; Objects and Classes; Methods with and without parameters; Inheritance; Constructor Methods (and the use of 'new'); Method Overloading; Method Overriding; Arrays and simple sorting; Basic File Handling; Try and Catch (Simple Exception Handling); Implementing Simple Graphical User Interfaces; Incorporating Applets in a Web page; Simple built-in Dynamic Structures - Vectors; Types vs. Classes; Scope of Variables; Code Layout and Documentation.

Assessment: One three-hour unseen written paper and coursework.

Information systems: foundations of e-business [CO1108] (full course)

For: Work Experience Entry route Computing and Information Systems

The challenge of applying IT successfully; basic concepts for understanding systems commerce; business processes; information and databases; communication, decision making, and different types of information systems; product, customer and competitive advantage; human and ethical issues; computer hardware; software, programming and artificial intelligence; networks and telecommunications; information systems planning; building and maintaining information systems; information system security and control; the future of information systems; customer relationship management.

Assessment: One three-hour unseen written paper and coursework.

Creative computing I: image, sound and motion [CO1112] (full course)

For: Work Experience Entry route Creative Computing

The Bauhaus; History of mathematics and computing in creativity; Multimedia; Point, Line, Plane; Trigonometry 1; Animation 1; Bits and Pixels; Motion 2; Perspective, Projections and Affine Transformations; Open GL; Genetic programming; Simulation; Filters and Special Effects.

Assessment: One three-hour unseen written paper and coursework.