SENG201-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Software Engineering I

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 17 May 2013

Description

This course will provide students with an introduction to the tools and techniques of software engineering. Topics covered include statically typed programming, object-oriented design, the Unified Modelling Language, collections, and test-driven development.

SENG201 builds on the material introduced in COSC121 & COSC122 and prepares students for 300-level software engineering courses (SENG301 & SENG302).

The course provides an introduction to the tools and techniques of software engineering. Topics covered include statically typed programming, object-oriented analysis & design, the Unified Modelling Language (UML), collections and test-driven development.

The underlying theory and practical applications of a variety of topics in software engineering are covered with particular reference to object-oriented software engineering in Java.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who achieve a good grade in the course should be able to:
  • design and develop OO software in Java
  • use language features, such as collections, appropriately
  • function effectively in a professional software development environment
  • learn, use and evaluate a range of software development tools
  • demonstrate test driven development practices
  • use UML to design and document software
  • understand the distinctions between static and dynamic typing
  • communicate effectively, in written and oral forms, knowledge and professional opinion.

Prerequisites

(1) COSC121; (2) COSC122; (3) 15 points from Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering Mathematics or MSCI110. MATH101 is not acceptable. MATH120/STAT101 are strongly recommended.

Restrictions

COSC263, COSC324

Course Coordinator

Neville Churcher

Lecturer

Matthias Galster

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 25%
Test 25%
Exam 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Horstmann, Cay S; Big Java ; 4th ed; Wiley, 2010.

McLaughlin, Brett. , Pollice, Gary., West, David; Head first object-oriented analysis and design ; 1st ed; O'Reilly, 2006.

R.S. Pressman; Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach ; 6th; McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Sommerville, Ian; Software engineering ; 9th ed; Pearson, 2011.

Copies of the course texts will be placed on reserve in the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Library. You are strongly advised to purchase both.

There is an enormous amount of material available in the university libraries on software
engineering topics. Suitable supplementary reading material with general software engineering
coverage includes the books by Pressman and Sommerville.

Additional resource material will be made available as required via Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $719.00

International fee $3,325.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

All SENG201 Occurrences

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