Mobile Applications Development
UndergraduateMUR-ICT3762025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $0
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP available
Mobile Applications Development
About this subject
Specifically, at the end of this subject, the students should be able to:
- Technology and Application - Describe and compare current mobile technologies, their strengths and their limitations.
- Techniques and Algorithms - Explain and apply the techniques on platforms used for developing mobile applications.
- Design and implementation: Design and implement well-structured mobile applications using programming languages and standard mobile application development frameworks.
- Coding and Debugging - Demonstrate sound skills in coding and debugging program code written for mobile applications.
- Testing: Apply the fundamentals of mobile app testing, design and automate test plans for mobile applications.
- Collaborative and Team Work - Acquire a basic appreciation of what is involved in teamwork.
- Introduction, overview, history and perspectives of mobile application development
- Small device vs. PC programming: differences and limitations
- Mobile application life cycle
- Application development Platforms and their architectures including Google Android and Apple iOS
- Android application development
- iOS (iPhone and iPad) application development
This unit focuses on mobile application development using mobile development techniques and environments. Topics covered include app life cycle; small device programming; platform architecture including Google Android, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows Phone; web applications for mobile; cross platform development.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Assignment (15%)
- Lab Exercise 1 (5%)
- Project (35%)
- Open book timed online exam (40%)
- Lab Exercise 2 (5%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
MUR-ICT159-Foundations of Programming (no longer available)
Others
This subject is CSP only and cannot be taken as open access. The correct CSP fee will be displayed once you begin the enrolment process.
Note: Level 3 subjects normally assume a moderate level of prior knowledge in this area, eg from studying related Level 1 and 2 subjects.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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