ECTS - Mobile Application Development

Mobile Application Development (ISE507) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Mobile Application Development ISE507 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Information Systems Engineering Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery
Learning and Teaching Strategies .
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
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Course Objectives The objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for mobile application development. Topics covered will include mobile operating systems and development platforms, user interfaces for mobile devices, maps and location-based services, data stores, telephony and SMS and, multimedia interfaces and sensors. Android development platform is chosen for development and testing for mobile applications in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Explain the differences between different mobile operating systems and platforms
  • Create interactive user interfaces in mobile devices
  • Design and develop database applications in mobile platforms
  • Use map and location-based services in mobile devices
  • Develop applications to monitor incoming and outgoing phone calls and send and receive SMS messages
  • Develop mobile applications using sensors in mobile devices
Course Content Mobile devices, mobile platforms, mobile operating systems, mobile application development, user interface design in mobile devices, data persistent techniques in mobile platforms; map and location-based services; audio, video and using the camera; telephony and SMS, sensors.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to Mobile Computing Chapter 1.
2 Mobile Operating Systems and Mobile Platforms Chapter 1.
3 User Interface Design and Development Chapter 3, 4 and 5
4 User Interface Design and Development Chapter 3, 4 and 5
5 User Interface Design and Development Chapter 3, 4 and 5
6 Data Persistence Techniques Chapter 6 and 7
7 Data Persistence Techniques Chapter 6 and 7
8 Data Persistence Techniques Chapter 6 and 7
9 Maps and Location-based Services Chapter 8
10 Maps and Location-based Services Chapter 8
11 Sensors Chapter 14
12 Telephony and SMS Chapter 12
13 Project Presentations
14 Project Presentations
15 Final Examination Period Review of topics
16 Final Examination Period Review of topics

Sources

Course Book 1. Professional Android 2 Application Development, by Reto Meier, 2010 Wiley Publiching, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-470-56552-0
Other Sources 2. Mobile Applications: Architecture, Design, and Development, by Valentino Lee, Heather Schneider, Robbie Schell, Prentice Hall, 2004 ISBN: 013117263
3. The Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK (Developer's Library), by James Steele, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2010, ISBN: 9780321741233
4. Mobile Design and Development: Practical Concepts and Techniques for Creating Mobile Sites and Web Apps, by Brian Fling, O'Reilly Media, 2009, ISBN: 0596155441
5. Android A Programmers Guide, by J.F. DiMarzio, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008, ISBN: 9780071599887
6. Java How To Program 6th ed, by Deitel & Deitel, Prentice Hall, Inc. URL : http://www.deitel.com/books/downloads.html

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 2 20
Presentation - -
Project 1 20
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 20
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems.
2 Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. X
3 An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices. X
4 An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements. X
5 Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects. X
6 An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain.
7 An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering.
8 Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies.
9 An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. X
10 Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 5 80
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 25 25
Report
Homework Assignments 2 10 20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 20 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 30 30
Total Workload 175