1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
programming process, from problem definition through
to program testing;
~rinciples of structured programming
importance and philosophy of testing, and designing a
testing strategy for a given program specification;
designing a logical structured solution to a problem
usin~ - structure charts and pseudocode;
reading, understanding, modifying and debugging
COBOL programs;
how to design, write, test and document attractive, wellstructured
programs in COBOL involving - sequential
files, indexed files, reports, control breaks, data
validation, character string manipulation, tables,
arithmetic, multiple sequential files
Textbooks
Stern, N., Stern, R. and Janossy, . . J. Structure Cobol Programming,
7th ed., Wiley, 1994.
Stern, N., Stern, R. and Janossy, J. Getting Started With RM/
Cobol-85, Wiley, 1994
Cobol course notes.
References
Grauer, R. Structured Cobol Programming, USA, Wiley,1994
Juliff, P. Program Design, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 1990
BT229 Business Programming 28
12.5 credit Points Duration: 3.5 hours per week
Prerequisities: BTlll Introduction to Information Systems,
BT112 Business Programming I Instruction: lecture/
tutorial/laboratory Assessment: examination (50%),
assignments (30%) and test (20%)
Aims
This subject builds upon the programming skills and
concepts learned in Business Programming 1.
The objective is to give students an understanding of sound
software engineering principles through programming in a
block structured language (currently C). The emphasis is on
developing and maintaining information systems
applications using modular techniques.
Content
Topics covered include the following:
program structure
data structure
algorithm design
data validation
arrays and tables
sequential files
reporting
indexed files
strings
testing
Textbook
Lafore, Robert, Microsoft C Programming for the PC, Sama
Publishing, 1993.
References
House, Beginning with C: An Introduction to Professional
Programming, Nelson, 1994.
Johnsonbaugh and Kalin, Applications Programming in ANSI C,
MacMillan, 1994.
Kelley and Pohl, C by Dissection: The Essential of C Programming,
Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co., 1993.
BT33 1 System Architecture 1
12.5 12.5 credit points Duration: 3.5 hours per week
Prerequisites: BT220 Data Analysis &Design, BT112
Business Programming 1 Instruction: lecture/tutorial
Assessment: examination (70%) assignments (30%)
Aims
Given a problem relating to a computer system, the student
will be able to communicate with an expert to effect a
solution.
Content
concepts of basic computer hardware and their
functions during operation
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an understanding of software architecture of a
computer, the capabilities of the operating system and
its dependence on hardware
basic concepts and components involved in data
communications
the goals and structure of the IS0 reference model for
computer network protocols
the data communication services and facilities provided
by the common carriers
Benefits of data communications for an organisation and
the management of this function.
Textbook
Stamper, D.A. Business Data Communications, Benjamin/
Curnmings Publishing Company Inc, 4th ed. 1994
References
Burd, S.D. Systems Architecture - Hardware and Software in
Business Information Systems, Boyd and Fraser Publishing
Company, 1994
Curle, Keith, Data Communications in Australia, John Wiley &
Sons, 1st Edition, 1996.
Halsall, F. Data Communications, Computer Networks and OSI,
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2nd ed., 1990
Housley, T. Data Communications and Teleprocessing Systems,
Prentice-Hall, 1989
Ramon, E. and Schroeder, A. Contemporary Data
Communications - A Practical Approach, Maxwell-Macmillan, 1994
Stallings, W. Business Data Communications, Maxwell Macmillan
International Editions, New York, 1992
BT332 System Architecture 2
12.5 credit Points Duration: four hours per week
Prerequisities: BT331 System Architecture I, BT339 Database
Management Systems I, Bn28 Business Programming 2A or
BT229 Business Programming 2B Instruction: lecture/
tutorial/laboratory Assessment: examination (70%) and
assignment (30%)
Aims
The objective is to develop the students' understanding of
operating systems and networking. Knowledge gained in
Systems Architecture 1 is extended to include multiuser
timesharing operating systems, heterogeneous systems and
the client-server environment.
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