SWEN 504

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Software Development Studio 2

This course will consist of a sequence of group projects, interleaved with teaching sessions, industrial seminars, industrial case studies, and tutorials providing background to the projects, review of the student work, and additional material to complement the project work. The group work and the teaching will be done in the same physical space, allowing for flexible timing of the more formal components of the course. The course will include weekly seminars from industry professionals on a range of topics.

Course overview

Points

60

Fees

$5194.2 NZD

International fees

$23316.6 NZD

Course offered in

  • Trimester 3

Duration

1 trimester

Prerequisites

SWEN 502

Co-requisites

Restrictions

Taught by

The School of Engineering & Computer Science

Wellington Faculty of Engineering

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Course content

This course requires students to attend in person and cannot be taken online.

Course learning objectives

Students who pass this course will be able to:

  1. Implement a range of software engineering methodologies, including traditional life cycles, and Agile methods.

  2. Develop software of a moderate size cooperatively using recognised software engineering processes.

  3. Use a range of software engineering tools, including version control, error tracking, test coverage, continuous integration, build tools, and frameworks.

  4. Apply knowledge of networks, web systems, databases, and other computer science concepts to the solution of software development problems.

  5. Evaluate and discuss the impact on a software engineering project of issues such as privacy, Intellectual property, security, reliability, and sustainability.

  6. Evaluate and discuss the appropriateness of different software engineering methodologies in a software project and the relationship between technical and project management choices and the business goals and constraints of the organisation.

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