LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Student Will
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| P | 1 | Analyse a program specification to establish the processing and data storage techniques which best address the given tasks. |
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P | 2 | Research any techniques which the tasks require. |
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P | 3 | Apply those techniques in designing and writing programs. |
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P | 4 | Design and carry out quality control procedures to ensure that the programs perform to specification. |
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P | 5 | Modify programs according to revision specifications. |
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P | 6 | Document programs written and revised. |
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P | 7 | Keep to a prescribed set of programming standards. |
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CONTENT |
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| 1-7 | Virtually any programming task of appropriate size can be used for this module, including: |
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| | System utilities |
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| | eg. file compare |
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| | directory tree mapping |
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| | Specialist applications |
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| | eg. sport scoring |
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| | accounts processing |
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| | payroll |
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| | job charging |
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| | General purpose programs |
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| | eg. text editor |
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| | - Techniques (this is not an exhaustive list) |
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| | - data validation |
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| | - multilevel control breaks |
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| | - file maintenance |
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| | - sequential |
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| | - relative |
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| | - indexed |
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| | - interactive |
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| | - exception handling |
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| | - multiple program modules |
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| | - operating system interfacing |
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| | - multi-user |
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| | - multi-language |
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| | - data structures |
