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Recommended Reading Semester 1, 2007

Unit Code

Lecturer

Prescribed Texts

FIT1001 Computer Systems
GCO2812 Computer Organisation 
GCO9802   Computer Technology

Kai Ming Ting and Dengsheng Zhang

S D Burd,  Systems Architecture,  Thomason Course Technology, 5th Edition, 2006, ISBN: 0-619-21692-1

W Stallings, Operating Systems Internals and aDesign Prinicples,  Pearson Prentice Hall, 5th Edition, 2005, ISBN: 0-13-127837-1

A Silberschatz, P.B Galvin and G. Gange,  Operating System Concept,  Wiley, 7th Edition, 2005, ISBN: 0-471-69466-5

M.Palmer, M.Walters, T. Badgett and N. Jonker, Guide to Operating Systems, Thomson Course Technology, 3rd Edition, 2004, ISBN: 0-619-21347-7

A.S Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems,  Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 2001, ISBN: 0-13-092641-8

WS Davis and T.M Rajkumar, Operating Systems - A Systematic Approach,  Pearson Addison Wesley, 6th Edition, 2004, ISBN: 0-321-26751-6

I.M Flynn and A. M McHoes, Understanding Operating Systems,  Thomson Course Technology, 4th Edition, 2006, ISBN: 0-534-42366-3

J.L Ford,  Windows Shell Scripting and WSH, Premier Press, 2002, ISBN: 1-931841-26-8

M.G Sobell,  A Practical Guide to Linux,  Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN: 0-13-147823-0

I. Englander,  The Architecture of Computer Hardware and Systems Software: An Information Technology Approach, Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2003, ISBN: 0-471-07325-3

FIT1002 Computer Programming

GCO1811 Object Oriented Programming 1

GCO9805 Object Oriented Programming 1

Shane Moore

Robertson, LA,  Simple Program Design: A Step-by-step Approach, 5th Edn, 2007, Thomson, ISBN: 0-17-012851-2

Savitch W, Absolute Java, 2nd Edn, 2006, Addison Wesley, ISNB: 0-321-33024-2

FIT2001 - Systems Analysis and Design
GCO2601 - Electronic Commerce Systems Analysis & Design
GCO2852 - Business Systems analysis
GOC2826 - Analysis & design for Multimedia
GCO1813 - Information Systems Analysis
GCO9803 - Information Systems 1

Madhu Chetty

J. Arlow & I. Neustadt, UML 2 and the Unified Process, 2nd edn, 2005, Addison Wesly, ISBN: 0-321-32127-8

 

FIT2033 - Computer Models for Business Decisions
GCO2802 - Computer Models for Business Decisions
GCO4802 - Computer Models for Business Decisions

Dengsheng Zhang

Willis, R.J. Business Modelling, Eruditions Publishing, ISBN: 1998 1 86491 003 8 


Pinney, W.E. Quantative methods for management with decision support software, 1998. 


Brealey, R.A. and Myers, S.C. Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th edition, McGraw-Hill Inc., 2003. ISBN 9780072957273

Newbold, P. and Bos, T. Introductory Business & Economic Forecasting, South-Western Publishing Co., 1994.
 

J. A. Lawrence Jr. and B. A. Pasternack, Applied Management Science John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1998 ISBN 9780471391906

FIT3005 - Computer Graphics
GCO3817 - Computer Graphics
GCO4817 - Computer Graphics

Ray Smith

Hill F.S, Computer Graphics Using OpenGL, 2nd Edn, 2001, Prentice-Hall, ISBN: 0-13-320326-3

 

 

 

FIT3011 - Enterprise Programming
GCO3823 - Enterprise Programming
GCO4823 - Enterprise Programming

Gour Karmakar

Boone, Applied Enterprise JavaBeans Technology, 2002, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13044915-6

Wutka, Special Edition Using Java 2 Enterprise Edition, 2001, Que, ISBN: 0-789-72503-7


Sierra & Bates, Head First EJB (Brian-Friendly Study Guides; Enterprise JavaBeans, 2003, O'Reilly, ISBN: 0-59600571-7


Marinescu, EJB Design Patterns, 2002, Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-20831-0

Alur, Malks & Crupi, Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, 2003, 2nd Edn, ISBN: 0-131-42246-4


Monson-Haefel, Burke & Labourey, Enterprise JavaBeans, 4th Edn, 2004, O'Reilly, ISBN: 0-596-00530-X

FIT3021 - Infrastructure for eCommerce
GCO3601 -  Infrastructure for eCommerce

Joarder Kamruzzaman

Carey K. & Blatnik S., XML: Content and Data, Prentice Hall, 1st Edn, 2001, ISBN: 0-130-28229-4

FIT3025 - IT Project 1
FIT3026 - IT Project 2
GCO3700/GCO3800/GCO3900 - Industry Project

 Shyh Wei Teng

Raymond McLeod & Eleanor Jordan, Systems Development: A Project Management Approach, 2002, Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-22089-2


Jack T. Marchewka, information technology Project Management: Providing Measurable Organizational Value, 2003, Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-39203-0

 

Steve McConnell, Software Project Survival Guide, 1998, Microsoft, ISBN: 1-57231-621-7

FIT3046 - Operating Environments
GCO2814 - Operating Environments
GCO3818 - Software Environments

Manzur Murshed

Silberschatz, Galvin & Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, 6th Edn, 2003, Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-41743-2

Stallings, William, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 5th Edn, 2005, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-131-47954-7

 

 

 

FIT9004 - Business Computer Programming
GCO1810 - Business Programming
GCO2851 - Programming for business applications
GCO9801 - Programming fundamentals
BUS9520 - Business System A

 

Shyh Wei Teng

Steven C. Chapra & Paul Blayney, Excel VBA for Business, 2003, Pearson Education Australia, ISBN: 1-74103-192-3


Douglas Mawson Institute of Technology, Advanced Applications: using Microsoft Excel, 2004, Pearson Education Australia, ISBN: 1-74103-399-3


Stephen Bullen, Rob Bovey & John Green, Professional Excel Development: The Definitive Guide to Developing Applications Using Microsoft Excel and VBA, 2005, Pearson Education Australia, ISBN: 0-3212-6250-6

 

GCO1851 - Computing Systems and Applications

Meredith Downes-Smith

Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman & Misty E. Vermaat, Discovering Computers 2005: A Gateway to Information - Complete, 2004, Thomson Learning, ISBN: 0-619-25525-0


Parsons, Oja, Ageloff, Carey, New Prespectives on Microsoft Excel 2002, Comprehensive - Bonus Edition, 2003 Thomson Learning, ISBN: 0-619-21423-6

Joe Adamski & Kathy Finnegan, New Prespectives on Microsoft Access 2002- Comprehensive, 2002, Thomson Learning, ISBN: 0-619-02089-X

H.L Capron & J.A Johnson, Computers: Tools for an Information Age, 8th Edn, 2004, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-140564-0