Unit of Study PROG2003 Cloud Systems Development (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

PROG2004 - Object Oriented Programming OR CSC10210 - Object Oriented Program Development

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

Fundamentals of cloud concepts, models, and service providers
Cloud technologies, APIs, and security issues
Cloud mechanisms and databases
Cloud architectures and serverless computing
Specialised cloud architectures and interactive querying
Cloud usage, quality and cost metrics

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
China - Guangxi UST	N/A	Term2
Gold Coast	Term2	Term2
Melbourne	N/A	Term2
Online	Term2	N/A
Perth	N/A	Term2
Sydney	N/A	Term2

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.

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

integrate cloud APIs and services to design and develop cloud applications

analyse cloud computing problems to compare and propose solutions

design and evaluate cloud computing systems

analyse and discuss security and privacy issues in cloud computing systems

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Programming	30%
Programming	50%
Quiz	20%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Programming	30%
Programming	50%
Quiz	20%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Programming	30%
Programming	50%
Quiz	20%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Programming	30%
Programming	50%
Quiz	20%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Programming	30%
Programming	50%
Quiz	20%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Assessment
Programming	30%
Programming	50%
Quiz	20%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

A list of online resources will be published at the start of each term.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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