Mobile Application Development
UndergraduateLTU-CSE3MAD2025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Mobile Application Development
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Analyse the principles underlying mobile applications and mobile computing by comparing them to applications on different platforms (desktop & wearable).
- Investigate mobile user interface abstractions and mobile usability issues, design and program mobile applications for mobile devices on at least one platform.
- Design and construct applications based on the notion of context-aware computing, including using sensors and location services.
- Interpret and apply application development methodologies to modern mobile platforms.
- Application Design
- Application Coding
- Application Testing
- Application Publication
This subject is an introduction to mobile application development, including programming paradigms, models, technologies and platforms. The unique considerations for programming with mobile devices will be studied, including application architectures, mobile user interface issues, context-aware computing, the use of mobile sensing, middleware, mobile data management, and programming with wireless connections. Development of a range of mobile and wearable form factors will be discussed, from smartphones, to tablets of varying sizes. You will select one major platform as their specialisation to develop applications and implement their major programming assignment.
- Mobile Application Development (1500 word equivalent) Assessed in 3 phases,Design 15% Weeks 2-4, 450 words (early assessment)Implementation 20% Weeks 5-10 600 wordsTesting and Deployments 15% Weeks 11-12 - 450 words (50%)
- One 3-hour Examination (3000 word equivalent) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
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Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed CSE2MAD (Mobile Application Development) or CSE2MAX (Mobile Application Development) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
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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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
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