Knowing how to effectively use computational tools to perform data analysis, simulation, and visualisation is rapidly becoming a crucial skill in an increasing number of industries and academic disciplines. The aim of this course is to provide skills for tackling the "messiness" of real-world computer systems, programming languages, and data. Unlike many other computer science courses which explain a single area in depth, the focus of The Craft of Computing will be on understanding core principles that allow students to quickly and confidently learn and apply a variety of computational tools to several different types of problem. The skills developed in this course will be a great asset to students in their undergraduate life and future careers.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Appreciate the creative possibilities computation brings to multiple disciplines.
- Be able to solve practical problems in various domains using appropriate software tools.
- Be able to understand, modify, debug, and write small programs in a high-level programming language.
- Be able to translate learned programming skills to new programming languages, tools, and contexts.
- Understand the culture, conventions and resources to do with software development, deployment, and use.
Indicative Assessment
- 10% online exercises
- 40% assignments
- 50% project
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Workload
3 hours of lectures, 1 hour of tutorial, and 6 hours of self-study per week.Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
NoneAssumed Knowledge
- High School mathematics to the level of ACT College Mathematics General.
- Prior programming experience not required.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $3096 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3488 | 20 Jul 2015 | 07 Aug 2015 | 31 Aug 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | Blended | N/A |
