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HCDD 311Object-Oriented Design and Software Applications

3 credits · Human-​Centered Design and Development · Penn State

Introduction to object-oriented applications including applications in an Object Oriented Design (OOD) language or OOD languages. HCDD 311 Object-Oriented Design and Software Applications (3) HCDD 311 is among the courses making up the Application Design & Development option in the Baccalaureate degree in Information Sciences and Technology. This course is normally taken in the 5th or 6th semester. It is the first upper-division course in the option sequence. The course is intended to provide students with a background in object-oriented design and object-oriented application development. Students will learn the fundamentals of object-oriented analysis, design, and modeling. They will apply design concepts and develop the skills necessary to bring an idea through the different phases of the application development lifecycle. The course normally involves students working on teams to design and develop working application prototypes. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply object-oriented design principles using object-oriented modeling and programming languages, show how object-oriented principles increase the quality of complex applications, and begin development of the team skills necessary when developing complex systems.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “C or better in IST 242 or CMPSC 221”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Spring (3 programs).

Required in (2)

  • Human-Centered Design and Development, B.S. (Capital)
  • Human-Centered Design and Development, B.S. (Information Sciences and Technology)

One of the options in (2)

  • Data Visualization, Minor
  • Digital Multimedia Design, B.Des.
What it opens up

Courses that list HCDD 311 as a prerequisite (6)

  • CYBER 366 Malware Analytics
  • HCDD 340 Human-Centered Design for Mobile Computing
  • HCDD 361 Application Development Design Studio II
  • HCDD 411 Distributed-Object Computing
  • HCDD 412 The Engineering of Complex Software Systems
  • HCDD 446 An Introduction to Building Computer/Video Games