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FIT2102 · Programming paradigms
2027 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 2Faculty of Information Technology
Overview
This unit introduces the major ways of thinking about programs by comparing imperative, object-oriented, functional, and declarative styles of programming. It focuses on the underlying ideas that make languages expressive and useful, including abstraction, composition, data modelling, state and side effects, evaluation strategies, and the role of types in program design. You will learn to solve problems in more than one programming style, compare the clarity and maintainability of alternative solutions, and explain why different paradigms suit different types of problems. Through practical work, the unit develops the conceptual flexibility needed for later study in compilers, logic programming, and high-performance computing.
Areas of study: Advanced computer science Computational science
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
| Clayton | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assignment 1 Functional Reactive Programming | Project | 30% | — |
| 2 | Assignment 2 Haskell Programming | Project | 30% | — |
| 3 | Applied quizzes | Quiz / Test | 20% | — |
| 4 | Applied classwork | Exercise | 20% | — |
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
Learning outcomes
- Identify gaps in your knowledge of programming paradigms to build independent capability across multiple styles of programming.
- Investigate programming problems by selecting and comparing appropriate paradigms, evaluating trade-offs in clarity, maintainability and expressive power.
- Design, code, test and document programs across imperative, object-oriented, functional and declarative styles, applying agreed conventions and verifying behaviour systematically.
- Examine software designs in a paradigm-appropriate form, contributing to design documentation that explains why a chosen abstraction or composition is suited to the problem at hand.
Workload
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading and preparation for scheduled teaching activities.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Applied sessions | 24 hours |
| Workshops | 24 hours |
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