Course syllabus - Software Engineering 1: Basic Course

Objectives

The course gives insight and theoretical foundation in principles, languages, and tools used to construct large complex software systems, and contributes to developing a professional attitude towards software development.

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to:
- Explain the activities requirements engineering, architectural and low-level design, implementation, testing, delivery, maintenance and evolution
- Describe the difference between common software life cycle models
- In simple examples use some selected, established notations and tools to support these activities
- Describe how software quality could be addressed in each of these activities

Course content

Main disciplines of Software Engineering are introduced: development models, requirements engineering, software design and implementation, quality assurance, configuration management, maintenance, evolution and reengineering. This includes being introduced to graphical and textual notations that exist in these disciplines.

Tuition

Lectures, guest lectures, laborations.

Specific requirements

Mathematics from three years of upper secondary school with science profile. Also programming skills in an object-oriented language plus further experience in programming and simple software design are required. Basic skills of solving non-trivial, open problems in pairs and small groups are also required. The programming and design skills, if acquired through university courses, corresponds to courses in programming of 15 ECTS credits (typically languages like C, C#, C++, Java) and data structures and algorithms 7,5 ECTS credits plus other computer science courses corresponding to 15 ECTS credits with a progression. Also 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), 0.5 ECTS credits, marks Pass (G)
Exercise, laboratory work (LAB1), 2 ECTS credits, marks Pass (G)
Examination (TEN2), 5 ECTS credits, marks 3, 4 or 5

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.

Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.

Grade

Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

This course corresponds to the theoretical part of the course CDT310 held 2008-2009, which corresponds to the course CD5360 before 2008.