Undergraduate - UnitENG1003 - Engineering mobile apps

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day) Malaysia First semester 2015 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day) Malaysia Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Michael Wybrow

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the use of Information Technology (IT) in modern engineering practice. Students will learn an object-oriented approach to both computer systems and software engineering for solving engineering problems.

Students will work in small teams to develop a mobile application that meets a contemporary need in engineering. The fundamental stages in the software development lifecycle will be introduced, including requirements analysis, design, implementing and testing. Students will use IT tools to support the engineering process.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

describe, with examples, the multidisciplinary nature of modern engineering problems
describe the interaction between developments in IT and their use in modern engineering practice
create and evaluate a simple multi-platform object-oriented architecture design
design and implement a mobile application that utilises the device capabilities to solve an engineering problem
design and perform simple black box acceptance testing
use IT tools, including an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), shared code repository and version control, bug-tracking and design drawing tools, for aspects of the software development process
interpret and produce written technical documentation in standard design formalism
complete tasks as part of a team, and communicate effectively with team members
communicate effectively with clients as part of the software development process

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 60%
Examination (3 hours): 40%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

2 hours lectures, 3 hours of laboratory/workshop activities and 7 hours of private study per week.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jamie Evans