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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Introductory

Former School/College

Former School of Business and Tourism

Unit aim

Introduces students to the development of GUI applications in GUI operating environments. Students will use object-oriented and event-driven techniques to design and code programs with graphical user interfaces. Applications development will cover screen design, simple application design tools, coding simple applications, user documentation and system documentation.

Unit content

Topic 1 Introduction to applications development
Topic 2 Developing applications
Topic 3 Variables and constants
Topic 4 Decisions and conditions
Topic 5 Modularisation
Topic 6 Multiform projects
Topic 7 Repetition
Topic 8 Arrays
Topic 9 Database files
Topic 10 Files
Topic 11 Designing applications for people
Topic 12 Multimedia and VBA

Learning outcomes

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of variables and arithmetic operations
2 design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of selection statements
3 design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of selection and list boxes
4 design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of a structure and table lookups
5 design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of modularisation, arrays and file handling.

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

  1. design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of variables and arithmetic operations
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of selection statements
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of selection and list boxes
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of a structure and table lookups
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. design and code a windows application that demonstrates the use of modularisation, arrays and file handling.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

Prescribed texts

  • Earlier editions are acceptable, NB there are various ISBN numbers for the same text so please ignore ISBN numbers: Bradley, JC & Millspaugh, AC , 2010, Programming in Visual Basic 2010, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.