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FIT2004

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 23 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Malaysia

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to problem solving concepts and techniques fundamental to the science of programming. In doing this it covers problem specification, algorithmic design, analysis and implementation. Detailed topics include analysis of best, average and worst-case time and space complexity; introduction to numerical algorithms; recursion; advanced data structures such as heaps and B-trees; hashing; sorting algorithms; searching algorithms; graph algorithms; and numerical computing.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse general problem solving strategies and algorithmic paradigms, and apply them to solving new problems;
  2. prove correctness of programs, analyse their space and time complexities;
  3. compare and contrast various abstract data types and use them appropriately;
  4. develop and implement algorithms to solve computational problems.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 70%; In-semester assessment: 30%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 3-hour laboratory/tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 7 hours of independent study per week for lab preparation and reading.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Arun Konagurthu

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Computer science

Prerequisites

One of FIT1008, FIT1015, FIT2085 or CSE1303 and 6 points of Level 1 mathematics.

Prohibitions

CSE2304, FIT2009

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/