INFO213-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Object-Oriented Systems Development

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

The course focuses on the concepts and methods for object-oriented (OO) analysis, design, and development of information systems. The course provides an opportunity to follow a complete project development lifecycle, starting from system analysis, to design, implementation, maintenance and testing, using the Jade software development platform. The course places equal emphasis on theoretical OO knowledge and applying this to OO system implementation.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of INFO213 the students will be able to:
  • Explain the key components of OO analysis, design and development.
  • Apply the OO analysis methods to produce system diagrams in unified modelling language (UML).
  • Discuss the benefits offered by the OO paradigm along with the corresponding challenges.
  • Describe how OO design patterns aid in producing reusable software.
  • Use an OO programming language (JADE) to develop a complete information system.
  • Compare and contrast OO database technologies with relational database technologies.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

30 points from INFO123, INFO125, COSC121, COSC131, COSC122

Restrictions

ACIS213 and AFIS213 after 1996.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 Link 309 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 13:00 - 15:00 Rehua 008 Computer Lab
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Constantine Zakkaroff

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Online Quiz 5%
Individual Project 30%
Lab Test 25%
Final Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Clarke, Bevan J; An introduction to object-oriented systems development with JADE ; 6th edition; Jade Software Corporation, 2016.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $979.00

International fee $5,188.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

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