Course syllabus - Game Design and Software Engineering

Objectives

This course provide insight and skills in the processes, principals, languages, and tools used in the design of the users experience of, and construction of large complex software systems. It contributes to a professional attitude towards software engineering particularly within game development.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course the student should be able to
- Describe the design process for software
- Create and design concepts for software from an experience and value perspective.
- Value and evaluate a concept from an experience perspective.
- Realise a concept to requirements, code architecture design, and detailed design.
- Plan for implementation, testing, version management and configuration management, release, maintenance, and development.
- Plan for agile development.
- Describe differenced between common life cycle models.
- Use some selected and established notations and tools which supports the activities above.
- Discribe how quality of software can be addressed for activities above.

Course content

The process of experience design and software design of complex interactive software. Concept design, value and evaluation of concepts, and concepts as design of the user experience. Introduction to the main disciplines in Software Engineering: development models, requirements management, design and implementation, quality, configuration management, development, and reegnieering.

Tuition

Lectures, seminars, guest lectures, individual task, and project.

Specific requirements

At least 60 ECTS credits in Computer Science which must include: Interaction Design in .NET 7,5 ECTS credits, Data Structures, Algorithms and Program Development 7,5 ECTS credits, C# and Object Oriented Programming 7,5 ECTS credits, Advanced C/C++ 7,5 ECTS credits and Computer Graphics 7,5 ECTS credits and a TOEFL test result (PBT) at least 530, TWE score 4, (iBT) at least 72, TWE score 17 or IELTS test score for academic purposes with an overall band score of minimum 5.5 and no band score below 5.0. The English test is COMPULSORY for all applicants except citizens of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom and USA. The TOEFL code you must use is SWEDEN 9520.

Examination

Exercise (INL1), 2 credits, marks 3, 4 or 5
Project (PRO1), 4.5 credits, marks 3, 4 or 5
Seminar (SEM1), 1 credits, marks Pass (G)

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Grade

Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail