Introduction to Software Engineering (5531.9)
Level: | Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit |
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Credit Points: | 3 |
HECS Bands: | Band 2 2013-2020 (Expires 31 Dec 2020) Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Faculty: | Faculty of Science and Technology |
Discipline: | Academic Program Area - Technology |
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- UC College Trimester 2, 2017, ON-CAMPUS, UCC-BRUCE (174469) - View
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- Semester 1, 2017, FLEXIBLE, BRUCE (170026) - View
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Syllabus
This unit introduces students to the discipline and practice of software engineering. It introduces students to software engineering processes, including programming, testing, software quality, and introduces the concepts of the SDLC. Additional topics include data representation in binary, basic logic operations, data structures and recursion. The unit teaches the foundations of programming, testing and software quality control.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand the nature of the discipline of Software engineering;
2. Describe the responsibilities placed upon a software engineer;
3. Construct debug and test small programs;
4. Use fundamental data structures including pointers and arrays;
5. Be able to analyse simple algorithms; and
6. Describe the phases of the software engineering life cycle.
Contact Hours
Up to 3 hours per week, 2L + 1T
Prerequisites
None.
Corequisites
None.
Assumed Knowledge
None.
Incompatible Units
None.
Equivalent Units
None.
Referenced Courses
- 106JA Bachelor of Engineering in Network and Software Engineering
- 392AB Bachelor of Science
- 994AA Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Journalism
- NPSC01 Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Laws
- 836AA Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws
- 935AA Diploma of Information Technology
- 936AA Diploma of Information Technology (Extended)
- 353JA Diploma of Network and Software Engineering