Object Oriented Programming (UniSA)

Undergraduate | 2026

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COMP 1038
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205767
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Adelaide City Campus
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Undergraduate
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6
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Adelaide University
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1
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No
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Course overview

In this course, students will translate a problem description into a robust object oriented program. Topics covered in this course include: the programming environment, object oriented approaches to program design and development, object concepts and class design, testing, inheritance and polymorphism, and exceptions.

Course learning outcomes

  • Convert a problem statement into an object oriented solution
  • Use inheritance and polymorphism to solve problems
  • Debug and fix code defects
  • Apply international coding style standards
  • Plan and conduct testing of software
  • Analyse and explain the behaviour of object oriented programs

Prerequisite(s)

  • must have completed 1 of COMP1021 UO Problem Solving and Programming/COMP1036 Problem Solving and Programming (UniSA)

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed COMP1048 Modelling and Analysis of Complex Systems OR must not have completed COMP1046 Special Topics in Computer Science A

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