Entry requirements

Information systems, 90 credit points or equivalent

Learning outcomes

After the course, the student should be able to…

Knowledge and understanding

• Reflect theoretically about method rationale; and critically discuss the role of methods and method adoption in the software engineering process

• Relate software engineering to a broader theoretical discourse on design and information systems development

• Discuss the basics of the various knowledge areas of software engineering

Skills and capacities

• Appropriate common modelling techniques to design and reverse engineer software

• Practically apply principles and practices for software design, construction and testing

• Appropriate tools to design, build, test and debug software

Evaluative capacity and approach

• Relate to state-of-the-art research to critically address challenges in software engineering, with respect to design, testing, quality and people

Content

• Methods and method rationale

• Software design

• Software construction

• Software testing

• Software quality

• Design thinking

• Research into Software Engineering and methodology

Instruction

Term paper, oral defence of written practical and theoretical assignments, attendance at compulsory learning sessions, and written exam.

Assessment

Term paper, oral defence of written practical and theoretical assignments, attendance at compulsory learning sessions, and written exam.