COURSE NUMBER: | CMPT 320 | |||||||||||||||
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COURSE TITLE: | Software Engineering | |||||||||||||||
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: | Dr Andrew Tappenden | |||||||||||||||
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: | credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 3) | |||||||||||||||
COURSE DESCRIPTION: | This course is designed for students to work in groups on suitable projects to familiarize them with software engineering
principles. This course will concentrate on Unified Software Development and Use Cases. Topics include: requirements
specification, functional and object-oriented design, verification and maintenance, environments and engineering
tools, the software lifecycle, human-computer interface, social and ethical issues. Prerequisites: CMPT 305 and 360 | |||||||||||||||
REQUIRED TEXTS: | Project-Based Software Engineering: An Object-Oriented Approach. Stiller, Evelyn and Cathie LeBlanc, Addison-Wesley, 2002 | |||||||||||||||
MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: | This is a course about the
development of real-world software.
Software systems are the most complex things
that humans build. Consequently, software development projects
often turn in to expensive failures. Software engineering tackles
the size and complexity of real-world software development by adopting
a disciplined approach to designing, developing and maintaining the
software. CMPT 320 presents a broad overview of the main ideas of
software engineering and introduces current software engineering
techniques. The course has a strongly practical flavour,
including a group project that will flow through the entire course. By the end of the course, students should:
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COURSE OUTLINE: |
Why is Software Engineering so Difficult? Requirements
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Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions may vary
from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult
the course instructor for up to date details.
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