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Unit of Study CSC10217 - Web Development II (2018)

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    N/A

  • Enrolment restriction

    Session 2

Unit description

Provides students with required skills and knowledge to design and build 3-tier database-driven web applications. Students will learn current design approaches, programming and scripting languages to rapidly develop web applications using current web technologies. This unit assumes basic knowledge of HTML, SQL Database and programming skills.

Unit content

Topic 0: Introductory week
Topic 1: Introduction to dynamic web development and web applications
Topic 2: Design web applications using MVC design pattern
Topic 3: Introduction to PHP
Topic 4: Server-side development with PHP
Topic 5: PHP database access
Topic 6: Workshop for assignment 1
Topic 7: Introduction to JavaScript
Topic 8: Client-side development with JavaScript
Topic 9: Client-server interaction
Topic 10: Advanced web application development
Topic 11: Workshop for assignment 2
Topic 12: Exam preparation

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
China - Guangxi UST N/A Session 2,  3
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2
Melbourne N/A Session 2,  3
Online Session 2 Session 2
Sydney N/A Session 2,  3

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 solve problems using web-based technologies
2 apply professional web development methodology and techniques
3 design, construct and integrate client and server web-based components
4 compare and contrast technologies and techniques for dynamic web development
5 demonstrate the ability to build a complete database-driven website.

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

  1. solve problems using web-based technologies
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. apply professional web development methodology and techniques
    • GA4:
  3. design, construct and integrate client and server web-based components
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. compare and contrast technologies and techniques for dynamic web development
    • GA4:
  5. demonstrate the ability to build a complete database-driven website.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop on-site
Assessment
Web Pages 25%
Web Pages 35%
Exam: open book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Web Pages 25%
Web Pages 35%
Exam: open book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks)
Assessment
Web Pages 25%
Web Pages 35%
Exam: open book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Assessment
Web Pages 25%
Web Pages 35%
Exam: open book 40%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks)
Tutorial on-site 2 hours ( 12 weeks)
Assessment
Web Pages 25%
Web Pages 35%
Exam: open book 40%

Prescribed learning resources

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