Computer Science (COMP) 489
Distributed Computing (Revision 3)
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Delivery Mode:Individualized study online. COMP 489 is offered by computer-mediated communications (CMC), and can be completed wherever the student has access to a computer and the Internet.
Credits:3
Area of Study:Science
Prerequisite:(COMP 347 or COMP
348) and (COMP 272 or COMP
308).
Note: Students who are concerned about not meeting the prerequisites for this course are
encouraged to contact the course
coordinator before registering.
Students in this course are required to contact their tutor using email or the course (Moodle) forums. Please see the Tutor and Coordinator Support page for more information.
Centre:School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Orientation
COMP 489 is not available for challenge.
Overview
COMP 489 is designed to teach students the principles and practices of programming in Java for networks, internetworks, and distributed systems.
Outline
Unit 0: Setting up Your Development Environment
Unit 1: Introduction to Distributed Systems
Unit 2: Developing Distributed Applications in Java
Unit 3: Thread, Process, and IPC
Unit 4: Networking in Java
Unit 5: Concurrency Control
Unit 6: Distributed Objects and Object-based Systems
Unit 7: Distributed Databases and the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API
Unit 8: Distributed Security and Java Security
Unit 9: Web Services
Evaluation
To receive credit for COMP 489, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent), including an average grade of 50 percent on all coursework and at least 50 percent on the final examination.
The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| TME 1 | TME 2 | TME 3 | Quiz | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | 20% | 20% | 5% | 40% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Readings for this course will be taken from Internet sources, including Wikipedia, e-books, Sun Java tutorials, etc.
The rest of the learning materials for COMP 489 are distributed in electronic format. These materials include:
- a Study Guide.
- detailed instructions for individual tutor-marked assignments.
- a course evaluation form.
Other Course Features
This course is a prerequisite to COMP 495/COMP 496 CIS projects course. It will provide the student with some guided individual work prior to the student taking on a more independent project(s) course.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 3, May 25, 2011.
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Last updated by SAS 05/26/2011 10:54:11
