Course objectives

In this course, students will gain a broad understanding of the discipline of software engineering and its application to the development of and management of software systems.

This includes: 

• knowledge of basic SW engineering methods and practices, and their appropriate application;
• A general understanding of software process models such as the waterfall and evolutionary models.
• An understanding of the role of project management including planning, scheduling, risk management, etc.
• An understanding of software requirements and the SRS document. 
• An understanding of different software architectural styles.
• An understanding of implementation issues such as modularity and coding standards.
• An understanding of approaches to verification and validation including  static analysis, and reviews.
• An understanding of software testing approachs such as unit testing and integration testing. 
• An understanding of software evolution and related issues such as version management.
• An understanding on quality control and how to ensure good quality software.
• An understanding of some ethical and professional issues that are important for software engineers.
• development of significant teamwork and project based experience  

Topics to be covered in this course:

• Introduction to software engineering
• Software Process Models
• Project Management
• Requirements Elicitation
• Software Design
• Validation and Verification
• Software Testing
• Software Evolution
• Version management
• Software Engineering code of ethics