Computer Science (COMP) 489
Distributed Computing (Revision 2)
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Delivery Mode:Individualized study online.
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
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Overview
COMP 489 is designed to teach students the principles and practice of network, internetwork, and distributed systems programming in Java.
Outline
Unit 0: Setting up your Development Environment
Unit 1: Introduction to Distributed Systems
Unit 2: Developing Distributed Applications in Java
Unit 3: Kernels, Process, and Threads
Unit 4: Interprocess communication (IPC)
Unit 5: Networking in Java
Unit 6: Concurrency Control
Unit 7: Distributed Objects and Object-based Systems
Unit 8: Web Services
Unit 9: Distributed Security and Java Security
Unit 10: Distributed File Systems
Unit 11: Distributed Databases and the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API
Unit 12: Transaction Management
Unit 13: Message-passing Systems
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:
| Assign 1 | Assign 2 | Assign 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
Textbooks
Galli, Doreen L. 2000. Distributed Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice. 1st ed.
Farley, J. 1998. Java Distributed Computing.
Developing Java Web Services, J. Wiley, 1/E 2002.
Other materials
The remainder of the course materials for COMP 489 are in electronic format. At this time, those materials include:
- Computer Science 489 study guide
- Tutor-marked Exercises
- a course evaluation form
- links to a variety of resources to the World Wide Web
Available from other Web sites:
- Current Java Development Kit (JDK)
- Software for the text Java Distributed Systems
- Software for the testJava Network Programming
Additional supporting materials of interest to students of COMP 489 may occasionally be made electronically.
Special Course Features
COMP 489 is offered by computer mediated communications (CMC), and can be completed at the student's workplace or home.
This course will be a prerequisite to the COMP 495/COMP 496 CIS projects course and will provide the student with some guided individual work prior to a more independent projects 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 2, Nov 2005.
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