ØABED4800 Advanced Corporate Finance and Research Methodology Emneplan

This course is focusing on the development of basic programming techniques, analytical thinking, comprehension of code and problem-solving skills achieved through a programming-based approach. It also focuses on developing programming skills relevant for personal and professional use. It provides theoretical and practical exposure to different programming technologies and programming concepts such as object-oriented programming, web-programming etc.

Two examiners will be used, one of which can be external. External examiner is used regularly.

No additional requirements to the general requirements for the Summer School.

After completing this course the student should have the following learning outcome:

Knowledge On successful completion of this course the student has:

• basic understanding of the operation and capabilities of computers
• knowledge of the methods used to debug programs
• understanding of writing basic programs using modern programming languages

Skills On successful completion of this course the student has:

• the ability to format and write basic code
• the ability to identify and remediate bugs
• the ability to solve and design solutions to (simple) programming problems

General Competence On successful completion of this course the student is:

• proficient in planning and implementing a project plan for software development
• able to explain problem-solving principles
• able to recognise the place programming has within a professional domain

This course is a four-week attendance-based teaching module. The course contains individual programming exercises and a group-programming project. Course participants will work in groups on the final project and this project will be evaluated at the end of the course based on a group oral presentation.

There are five individual hand-in assignments that must be approved before the student can sit the exam. If an assignment is not approved on the first attempt, the student will be allowed to resubmit the assignment once. The teacher will give information regarding deadline for handing in the assignment.

There is one final 4-hour exam at the end of the semester.

Students who fail the exam and students with legitimate absence from the exam are entitled to a new/deferred exam according to Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at HiOA.

An oral group-presentation of a project and a code repository. Each group may consist of 2-3 students. The presentation and code repository counts for 100% of the final grade. The oral presentation cannot be appealed.

All support materials are allowed for the oral presentation.

The final assessment will be graded on a grading scale from A to E (A is the highest grade and E the lowest) and F for fail.