SCHOOL

Engineering

ACADEMIC UNIT

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

LEVEL OF STUDIES

Undergraduate

COURSE CODE

ECE_Υ325

SEMESTER

3

COURSE TITLE

Object-Oriented Technology

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits

WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

CREDITS

lectures

3

3

Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching methods used are described in detail at (d).

3

3

COURSE TYPE

general background,
special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development

general background,, specialised general knowledge, skills development

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

Procedural Programming (C Language)

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

Greek

IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

No

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

https://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/EE943/

https://sites.google.com/site/thramboulidiskleanthis/teaching-2/courses/objecttechnology

Learning outcomes

The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described.

Consult Appendix A

·    Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area

·    Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B

·    Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

Familiarity with complexity handling mechanisms in procedural and object oriented programming paradigms.

Deep understanding of the basic model of the Object Technology with emphasis on the object-oriented programming paradigm independent of the programming language.

Deep understanding of the main differences between object-oriented and procedural programming paradigms.

Understanding the basic mechanisms of implementation of the Object paradigm using the Java programming language.

Understanding of the basics of the mechanisms of Java that support distributed and service-based applications development, as well as, IoT application development.

Familiarity with the principles of the art of  programming.

General Competences

Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?

Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Working independently

Team work

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project planning and management

Respect for difference and multiculturalism

Respect for the natural environment

Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Criticism and self-criticism

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

……

Others…

…….

Understanding the source code of applications that are based on the procedural and object-oriented programming paradigm so as to be able to expand their functionality.

Be able to develop applications based on the object-oriented programming paradigm.

Be able to develop distributed applications based on the object-oriented paradigm by effectively exploiting the complexity handling mechanisms of the language.

1. Introduction. Embedded Systems, Mechatronics, Cyber Physical Systems, IoT. Current trends in software development. The importance of the object-oriented programming paradigm in system development.
2. Basic mechanisms to handle complexity in software development. Procedural abstraction. Data abstraction. Hardware abstraction level.
3. Constrains in the procedural programing paradigm. From the Procedural to the Object-Oriented Programming. The paradigm shift.
4. Introduction to the object Technology. Object, class, instance. The program as an composition of objects. UML class diagrams. Class diagram. Object interaction diagram. Use cases. Modeling structure and behavior.
5. The conceptual model of the object-oriented programming. Introduction to Java. The Java as an extension of the C language. The basic library of Java. Development environments
6. Inheritance, simple and multiple. The interface construct. Polymorphism, early vs. late binding.
7. Exception handling. Garbage collection.
8. Abstraction in user interface. Graphical users interfaces (GUIs). The Abstract Window Toolkit (awt).

9.      Event Handling.

10.   Introduction to Multithreading.

11.   Development of distributed applications. Network programming constructs for distributed applications. The client server model. Servlets. Socket Programming. Java support for the development of internet of things (IoT) applications.

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.

Face-to-face

Use of a constructivism based approach and the assignment based teaching approach.

https://sites.google.com/site/thramboulidiskleanthis/teaching-2/teaching-oop

http://seg.ece.upatras.gr/OOCourse/concurrent.htm

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

Use of ICT in all teaching activities (Lectures, Laboratory, communication with students)

TEACHING METHODS

The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.

The student's study hours for each learning activity are given as well as the hours of non-directed study according to the principles of the ECTS

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation procedure

Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other

Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and if and where they are accessible to students.

Language of evaluation:

Greek

methods of evaluation:

Assignments’ reports

Written final examination

- Suggested bibliography:

- Related academic journals: