Object-Oriented Programming (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The exercises in this course are done with Python

Objective
After completing the course the student can:
- explain the different phases and main methods of the development of a software product
- explain the concepts class hierarchy, inheritance, and polymorphism, and utilize these in software development
- discuss the possibilities of parallel programming
- apply exception handling mechanisms
- design, implement and document a simple user interface application.

Content
- object-oriented structures
- error handling with exceptions
- threads
- database connection
- software development process and methods
- UML diagrams

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- explain the different phases and main methods of the development of a software product
- explain the concepts class hierarchy, inheritance, and polymorphism, and utilize these in software development
- discuss the possibilities of parallel programming
- apply exception handling mechanisms
- design, implement and document a simple user interface application.

Content

- object-oriented structures
- error handling with exceptions
- threads
- database connection
- software development process and methods
- UML diagrams

Materials

All the learning materials are mentioned in ItsLearning

Teaching methods

The course is structured as separate lectures and demo sessions. During the lectures, the teacher will go through the theory and the students are coding some exercises together with the teacher using their own computers.

Reading the given material and coding the programming exercises and exercise work.

Demonstrating and documenting the exercises and exercise work.

Exam schedules

There is no exam in this course

International connections

Self assessment
Student regularly pays attention to own learning and studying.
Students are asked to take notes from each programming exercise and contemplate at least the following:
* Topic area: What did I know about the topic beforehand? What did I think about the area?
* While coding: Thoughts about the challenge level and interest of the exercise.
* Afterwards: What did I learn?

Moreover, students learn to assess their own work regarding every assignment using scale: Excellent - Good - Sufficient.

Completion alternatives

1) Demonstrate e.g. a real work life project and showing that student masters the contents of this course.

2) mooc.fi contains a programming MOOC, whose contents covers the Introduction to Programming and Advanced Programming courses of the University of Helsinki. Courses are 10 credits together (5+5). Object oriented course can be alternatively completed by completing the second part of the course (i.e., parts 8 to 14).

Student workload

To pass this course requires acceptably finished coding exercises as well as exercise work and return in time.

5 credits: 27 * 5 = 135 hours

Weekly work amount: 135 hours / 14 weeks = 9.5 hours a week.

Further information

The main information channel is ItsLearning