Unit Synopsis
Mobile devices have become essential for communication, social media and business applications. In this unit, you will create a range of mobile applications with features that include UI design, database, email, HTTP, remote API calls, threading and services. Through the development process, you will research opportunities for mobile application development to design a solution. On completion of this unit, you will be able to create mobile applications with consideration of market needs for the design and development of mobile applications.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites: COIT11237 Database Design and Implementation, COIT12200 Software Design and Implementation, COIS12036 Human-Computer Interaction. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2027
Term 1 - 2027 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Unit Coordinator Reflection
Increased use of AI-assisted tools improved student efficiency in completing assessments but may have reduced opportunities to demonstrate authentic conceptual understanding.
Embed brief, verifiable reasoning components within assessments, such as short in-class demonstrations and annotated reflections.
Existing assessment activities were supplemented with opportunities for students to explain their code and demonstrate their understanding during practical/tutorial sessions. This approach will continue to be reviewed and strengthened in future offerings to support authentic learning while recognising the appropriate use of AI-assisted tools.
Source: Unit Coordinator Reflection
Student progress on mobile application projects can be difficult to monitor consistently throughout the development process. Greater visibility into ongoing development would help ensure that students make regular progress and use GenAI as a learning and development support tool rather than relying on it primarily to generate completed solutions.
Introduce GitHub to track key milestones and incremental development through regular commits, providing greater visibility of student progress and appropriate use of GenAI.
In Progress
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