FIT4050 Knowledge representation, computational logic, and automated reasoning
Faculty of Information Technology
FIT4050 Knowledge representation, computational logic, and automated reasoning is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2027. It needs FIT3235 and MAT1003.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Not offered
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Requisites
Before FIT4050
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After FIT4050
No unit lists FIT4050 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Overview
This unit introduces functional programming as a disciplined way to construct software through functions, immutable data, compositional design, and type-guided reasoning. It covers higher-order functions, recursion over structured data, closures, algebraic data types, evaluation strategies, and the relationship between functional programming and formal reasoning about program behaviour. You will learn how to solve problems without relying on mutable state, compare functional techniques with imperative and object-oriented approaches, and use types and abstractions to make programs clearer, safer, and easier to test. Through practical work in a modern functional language, the unit strengthens your programming skills and prepares you for advanced work in semantics, compilers, and verification.
Offerings in 2027
The 2027 handbook lists no offerings for FIT4050.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify gaps in your functional-programming knowledge and pursue learning strategies- including documentation, peer exchange and AI-enabled tutors - that build independent capability in a paradigm new to most students;
- 2
Design, code, test and document programs in a modern functional language using higher-order functions, recursion, algebraic data types and type-guided reasoning, applying agreed standards;
- 3
Design and document compositional software architectures that exploit immutability, types and pure functions to produce solutions that are clearer, safer and easier to test.
Where it fits
FIT4050 is part of 1 area of study in the 2027 handbook.
Common questions
When is FIT4050 offered?
FIT4050 has no offerings listed in the 2027 handbook.
Which majors and minors include FIT4050?
FIT4050 is part of Computer science.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 4
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Available
- Handbook years
- 2027