University of British Columbia is offering free online course on Software Construction: Object-Oriented Design. In this course, applicants will learn how to design large software systems that solve real-world problems using object-oriented design techniques.
By the end of the course, you will have a solid foundation in Java and Object-Oriented Design, as well as many software development concepts that can be applied to any language. The course will start on October 10, 2017.
Course At A Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 8-10 hours pw
Subject: Computer Science
Institution: University of British Columbia and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $ 125
Session: Course Starts on October 10, 2017
Providers’ Details
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s West Coast spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. Its entrepreneurial perspective encourages students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.
About This Course
This course, part of the Software Development Micro Masters program, will dig deep into the principles of object oriented design, and introduce new abstraction techniques and design patterns. You will use these techniques to build an Android app – the most complex software design project so far.
Why Take This Course?
Students will have a solid foundation in Java and Object-Oriented Design, as well as many software development concepts that can be applied to any language.
Learning Outcomes
- How to read and use software design patterns
- To implement and test an object-oriented design
- How to develop a mobile application
Instructors
Gail Murphy
Gail is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her research interests are in improving the productivity of software developers and knowledge workers by giving those tools to identify, manage and coordinate the information that really matters for their work.
Elisa Baniassad
Elisa is an instructor in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. She has also taught at Trinity College Dublin, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Australian National University. Elisa got her PhD at UBC in 2001.
Requirements
- How to Code: Simple Data
- How to Code: Complex Data
- Software Construction: Data Abstraction
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