Computer science
6 points * Three 1-hour lectures, one 3-hour laboratory class and one 1-hour optional tutorial per week * Second/Summer semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CSC1011 or CSC1021 * Prohibitions: BUS2120, CFR1124, CFR1404, GCO1812, RDT1400, RDT2131, SFT1101, SFT1102
Objectives On completion of the subject students should know about abstract data types; understand how computers work in terms of their underlying machine model and how such a model can be implemented from simple components; be able to write a simple program in machine language; and be able to write larger programs using more sophisticated data structures and algorithms than those covered in CSC1011.
Synopsis This subject develops core problem-solving and analytical skills for computer programming, and provides an introduction to computer systems. Concepts include problem abstraction and solution, abstract data types, design and analysis of computer algorithms and data structures. Topics include data structures - tables, sets, sequences, stacks, queues, trees, heaps, abstract data types, modules; algorithms - insertion, deletion, iteration, merge, recursion, search, sorting, traversal of various data structures; complexity analysis - computer systems - processors, stored programs, fetch-execute cycle, machine language, interpreters and compilers, expression evaluation, simple stack, one-address and register architectures, procedure invocation, data representation, addressing techniques; sufficient digital logic to describe how the memory (flip-flops), arithmetic (adder), and control (multiplexor) of basic computer components can be implemented from simple devices (gates).
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70% * Compulsory assessed laboratory classes: 15% * Mid-semester tests 15%
Recommended texts
Horowitz E Fundamentals of data structures in C Prentice-Hall, 1993
Standish T A Data structures, algorithms and software principles in C Addison-Wesley, 1995
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