Data Structures Essentials

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
COMP 2033
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Course ID
205784
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course will develop skills in selecting and implementing appropriate data structures and algorithms to solve problems. Introduction to Java; Java API; development environment; collection classes; recursion; asynchronous programming (File/Net IO/Event handling); use of basic data structures: stacks, queues, deques, vectors and lists, binary trees, balanced trees; and graphs using collections; implementation of one basic data structure; and fundamental algorithms (searching, sorting).

Course learning outcomes

  • Design, implement, test and debug maintainable object oriented computer programs in Java
  • Describe the fundamental data structures used in software development
  • Use collection class data structures and library algorithms to solve problems
  • Implement data structures and basic algorithms
  • Use recursion to solve problems

Prerequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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