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Demonstrate the use of the object-oriented approach to design, implement, test and document solutions to problems.
Demonstrate understanding of the mechanics of parameter passing in the context of object-oriented programming, and how to use the class mechanism to support encapsulation and information hiding.
Design, implement and test the implementation of hierarchical relationships among objects using class hierarchy and inheritance.
Write and use arrays, strings, files, lists, stacks and queues in object-oriented programs.
Explain algorithm complexity and demonstrate the ability to select appropriate algorithms and structures for specified problems.
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• Introduction & Program Design • Defining Classes and Methods • Basics of OOP • Programming with Methods • Programming with Classes • Arrays • Streams and File I/O • Inheritance, and introduction to Event-driven programming • Exception Handling • Data Structures • More on Algorithms, introduction to Recursion
Each student is expected to spend on average three hours per teaching week reading the lecture notes, books chapters and other recommended materials relevant to the topic covered in that week and spend a similar amount of time working on the lab exercises for that week. In addition, each student is required to complete two assignments and sit the final examination.