Undergraduate Course: Computer Simulation (PHYS08026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
WebCT |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course covers the methodologies of solving scientific problems using computers. It provides a training in the computational modelling of scientific problems and their representation using computer graphics. It also provides a grounding in object-oriented programming through the practical application of the Java language. Students will carry out extensive practical and project work. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 17:00 | | or 14:00 - 17:00 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Computational Physics Lab Sessions Tu & Th. If, due to timetable constraints, students are unable to attend scheduled lab sessions, they are expected to fulfil the time commitments of the course outside of scheduled hours. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 3:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, it is intended that a student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of OO programming; data encapsulation, objects and classes, inheritance and polymorphism;
2. Analyse a problem statement to produce a simple OO design;
3. Write classes and class hierarchies containing multiple constructors and methods;
4. Declare and initialise objects and arrays of objects;
5. Create multiple instantiations (objects) of a class;
6. Execute methods of these objects and classes;
7. Understand the difference between pass by reference copy and pass by value, and how arrays, objects and primitive types are passed;
8. Utilise classes and interfaces of the Java SE API;
9. Read and parse text from a file and write data to a file;
10. Understand the difference between checked and unchecked exceptions and be able to handle exceptions (throw and try/catch);
11. Write simple graphical applications, including drawing objects, simple animation and user interaction (event handling).
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Assessment Information
6 checkpoint assignments, 30%
Project (code and report), 40%
Degree Examination, 30% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
* Key concepts of OO programming; data encapsulation, objects and classes, inheritance and polymorphism;
* Analysis of problem statements to produce simple OO designs;
* Classes and class hierarchies containing multiple constructors and methods;
* Declaration and initialisation of objects and arrays of objects;
* Creation of multiple instantiations (objects) of a class;
* Method execution on objects and classes;
* Pass by reference copy and pass by value; how arrays, objects and primitive types are passed;
* Utilisation of classes and interfaces of the Java SE API;
* Reading and parsing text from a file and writing data to a file;
* Checked and unchecked exceptions; handling exceptions (throw and try/catch);
* Simple graphical applications, including drawing objects, simple animation and user interaction (event handling).
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | CSim |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Judy Hardy
Tel: (0131 6)50 6716
Email: j.hardy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Leanne O'Donnell
Tel: (0131 6)50 7218
Email: l.o'donnell@ed.ac.uk |
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