COP4435 Samsung – Developing Applications for Android DevicesBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
COP4435 Samsung – Developing Applications for Android Devices Fall 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TARKAN AYDIN
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. TAŞKIN KOÇAK
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SELÇUK BAKTIR
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TARKAN AYDIN
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TEVFİK AYTEKİN
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖVGÜ ÖZTÜRK ERGÜN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This complete hands-on course encourages students to learn by building increasingly more sophisticated and meaningful mobile applications for Android.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Know the basic concepts and technique of developing applications for the Android phone.
II. Be able to use the SDK and other development tools.
III. Know the basic concepts of Android phone features and capabilities.
IV. Be able to understand Java programming as it related to application development for the Android platform.
V. Know how to acquire additional resources and security information needed for various different types of Android applications features and services (maps, SMS, Email, etc).
VI. Know how to work with the SQLite database features.
VII. Be familiar with how to publish Android applications to the Android Market.

Course Content

Leveraging Application Fundamentals, Creating User Interfaces, Interacting With the UI, Managing the activity lifecycle, Manipulating the SQLite database, Maintaining System Responsiveness, Exchanging Data over the Internet, Enhancing the User Experience, Publishing Applications

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introducing the Android Platform
2) Leveraging Application Fundamentals
3) Leveraging Application Fundamentals
4) Creating User Interfaces
5) Processing User Input
6) Interacting With the UI
7) Managing the activity lifecycle
8) Persisting Application Data
9) Selecting storage options
10) Manipulating the SQLite database
11) Maintaining System Responsiveness
12) Exchanging Data over the Internet
13) Enhancing the User Experience
14) Publishing Applications

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Zigurd Mednieks, Laird Dornin, G. Blake Meike, Masumi Nakamura, Programming Android ,
Murat Önder-Ahmet Oğuz Mermerkaya, Merhaba Android
References: None

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 10 % 10
Homework Assignments 10 % 10
Project 1 % 30
Midterms 1 % 20
Final 1 % 30
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 28
Laboratory 14 14
Application 14 28
Presentations / Seminar 1 20
Homework Assignments 14 28
Quizzes 5 5
Midterms 2 4
Final 1 2
Total Workload 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.