The course is included in these curricula and study modules

The course takes place in period

3 (2024-01-01 to 2024-03-17)

Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

2

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

In this study unit the focus lies on the following
competencies:

Data structures and algorithms.

Object-oriented programmning

SDG's in focus:
#9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this study unit:

You understand how different data structures can
be used for data storage and processing.
(Knowledge)

You understand the basic concepts of object-
oriented programming. (Knowledge)

You understand and can implement basic data
structures and algorithms. (Skills)

You can develop larger object-oriented projects in
Java. (Skills)

You can utilize your understanding data structures
and algorithms in general programming problem.
(Approach)

You see the OOP principles as tools to be used for
extensive programming projects. (Approach)

Course contents

Repetition and deepening
- object-oriented programming in Java
- OOP-concepts such as inheritance, abstraction,
encapsulation, polymorphism

Algorithms
- the algorithm concept
- structuring (sub-algorithms, recursion)
- complexity
- examples of algorithms (including linear data
structures, search, sort)

Data structures
- dynamic data structures
- linear data structures (stack and queue)
- linked data structures (lists, trees and
graphs)
- hash tables

The data type concept
- primitive types
- enumerated types
- structured types

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Mathematical programming
Statistics and probability

Study activities

  • Lectures - 40 hours
  • Project- and production work/artistic activities - 95 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 135 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

Assessment requirements

The course is graded based on programming
projects, quizzes and exercises.

Teacher

Welander Fredrik

Examiner

Welander Fredrik

Home page of the course

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

12 months after course has ended

The timetable of the course

Se Itslearning.

Course enrolment period

2023-11-24 to 2023-12-22

Assessment methods

Date will be announced later - Other assignments

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