Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:

• Use major object-oriented technologies and tools that are covered in the course.
• Apply major object-oriented design principles when designing software systems.
• Point out the advantages and disadvantages of various object-oriented solutions.
• Evaluate and compare existing system designs in terms of flexibility and modularity.
• Identify and revise components of existing system designs for better performance.
• Create UML class diagrams to model software systems with realistic requirements.
• Design and implement object-oriented software solutions to realistic problems.

Relationship of Course to Student Outcomes:

Satisfies the following student outcomes (SOs) via the following Performance Indicators:

• SO (k) – PI-k1.

Use a widely accepted high-level programming language, e.g. Java, C# and C++.

• SO (e) – PI-e4.

Identify, define, describe, illustrate, explain, articulate and elaborate on the fundamental terminology, concepts, principles and methods of computational models and systems.

• SO (c) – PI-c1.

Design computer-based systems with realistic requirements.

• SO (k) – PI-k7.

Analyze, compare and differentiate between  computational models and systems by identifying, assessing and reasoning about their advantages and disadvantages.

• SO (k) – PI-k2.

Use a widely accepted modeling language, such as UML.

• SO (c) – PI-c3.

Design and implement algorithms, heuristics and supporting data structures as packaged components.

• SO (a) – PI-a7.

Analyze the power and limitations of abstract models of computation.