Entry requirements

120 credits, of which at least 40 credits in computer science. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe basic concepts and principles of requirements engineering, software implementation, testing and maintenance
• evaluate and relate different software processes, system models and architetural designs and assess their suitability in a given context
• design a system ensuring dependability, security and software reuse
• apply an agile processes to a small scale project
• review and discuss scientific papers in software engineering

Content

Requirements definition and specification, prototypes, formal specification, design methods, reliability and safety, validation and verification, maintenance, reuse, project planning, quality assurance.

Instruction

Lectures and guest lectures.

Assessment

Written exam (3 credits). Oral and written assignments (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.