2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

COMP1921 Programming Project

10 creditsClass Size: 500

Module manager: Dr Farha Lakhani
Email: f.lakhani@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Programming projects form a vital assessment technique throughout the Computer Science curriculum as well as being a fundamental work unit in an industrial setting. This module provides an opportunity for students to develop experience of professional programming, including tools and technologies. Tools and techniques such as, version control, testing and secure and defensive programming are amongst the skills that professional programmers must have and are developed, in this module, through the completion of a set of small projects where students are expected to produce professional quality solutions to real world problems.This module is project based and is delivered in conjunction with industry experts.

Objectives

This module allows students the opportunity to develop a professional approach towards programming contributing to their employability and their role as Computer Science practitioners.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module a student will have demonstrated the ability to:

- apply professional programming practices to programming projects.
- explain the importance of applying professional programming practices to programming projects.
- design, implement, debug and test a modular programming solution to a real world problem.

Skills outcomes
Programming

Syllabus

This module covers the following 4 topic areas:

- Professional programming standards : coding style, documentation and code review.
- Tools : integrated development environments (IDE), version control, debugging tools and static analysis tools.
- Program design : modular decomposition and functional decomposition.
- Professional programming practices : error handling, input validation, use of standard libraries, defensive and secure programming considerations.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Laboratory	10	2.00	20.00
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			70.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Laboratory Assessment of Project Implementation

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Project Report and Demonstration	30.00
Assignment	Project Report and Demonstration	70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 21/06/2021

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