DM571: Software Engineering

Study Board of Science

Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N330043112, N330043102
Assessment: Second examiner: None, Second examiner: Internal
Grading: Pass/Fail, 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor

STADS ID (UVA): N330043101
ECTS value: 10

Date of Approval: 27-03-2019


Duration: 1 semester

Version: Archive

Entry requirements

None

Academic preconditions

Students taking the course are expected to be able to program on a level corresponding to the course DM550 Introduction to Programming.

Course introduction

The aim of the course is to enable the student to use concepts, models, and methods for structuring software itself as well as the software development process, which is important during large programming projects in the rest of the study programme, as well as for a career in software development.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses DM550 Introduction to Programming, and gives an academic basis for doing a bachelor project as well as following elective Master's level courses on advanced subjects within software architecture.

Expected learning outcome

The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
  • Describe in detail the core activities of the software development process.
  • Describe and discuss process models, and perform substantiated choices between these.
  • Describe tools and modeling formalisms from the course.
  • Describe and discuss software patterns and other architectural structures, and perform substantiated choices between these.
  • Apply knowledge and methods from the course in concrete settings in programming projects.
  • Discuss the influence and impact of software on humans, organizations, and society, including ethical issues.

Content

The following main topics are contained in the course:
  • The core activities of the software development process: user requirements, design, implementation, documentation, test, deployment, maintenance.
  • Process models, traditional and agile (with a focus on the latter).
  • Software design patterns and other structural/architectural issues.
  • Tools and modeling formalisms.
  • Software in context: user interfaces, IT and organizations, IT and society, ethics.

Literature

See Blackboard for syllabus lists and additional literature references.

Examination regulations

Prerequisites for participating in the exam a)

Timing

Autumn

Tests

Mandatory assigments

EKA

N330043112

Assessment

Second examiner: None

Grading

Pass/Fail

Identification

Full name and SDU username

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Examination aids

To be announced during the course

ECTS value

0

Additional information

The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a).

Exam element a)

Timing

January

Prerequisites

Type Prerequisite name Prerequisite course
Examination part Prerequisites for participating in the exam a) N330043101, DM571: Software Engineering

Tests

Oral examination

EKA

N330043102

Assessment

Second examiner: Internal

Grading

7-point grading scale

Identification

Student Identification Card

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Examination aids

To be announced during the course

ECTS value

10

Additional information

The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.

Indicative number of lessons

84 hours per semester

Teaching Method

At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.

Study phase activities. Reading from textbooks, solving homeworks and applying acquired knowledge to practical projects

The intro phase facilitates an introduction to new material and topics, which in the skills training phase and the study phase are processed via reading of material, exercises, and project work in order to validate and broaden the acquired knowledge.

Teacher responsible

Name E-mail Department
Carsten Grønbjerg Lützen cgl@mmmi.sdu.dk SDU Software Engineering

Timetable

Administrative Unit

Institut for Matematik og Datalogi (datalogi)

Team at Educational Law & Registration

NAT

Offered in

Odense

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