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2021 unit offering information will be available in November 2020

Unit description

Studies the technology of services provided by cloud providers with a view to select appropriate services and develop programs that use their programming Applications Programming Interfaces (API).  Allows students to analyse and contrast security, performance and privacy implications of service providers. 

Unit content

  1. API's for cloud services
  2. Developing client apps and cloud based code with API's for cloud services
  3. Cloud service models
  4. Cloud performance issues and performance management in cloud applications
  5. Security and privacy concerns in cloud system development.

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1design and create cloud applications that use a cloud APICreativityKnowledge of a discipline
2analyse and make recommendations for cloud services for specified applicationsIntellectual rigourCreativityKnowledge of a discipline
3compare and contrast security and privacy attributes of cloud services from different providers.Intellectual rigourKnowledge of a discipline

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. design and create cloud applications that use a cloud API
    • GA2: Creativity
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  2. analyse and make recommendations for cloud services for specified applications
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA2: Creativity
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  3. compare and contrast security and privacy attributes of cloud services from different providers.
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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Fee information

Domestic

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Commencing 2021 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2

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