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COMP484 Software Engineering

Updated: 11 August 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 On line
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 1 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 2 On Campus
Online level
  • Level D - Comp/internet essential
  • Level E - Wholly online unit
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites COMP132 or COMP132A or COMP532 or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMP284 or COMP284A or COMP584
Notes

on-campus online D; off-campus online E; 200- and 300-level COMP units (excluding COMP 286) require a knowledge of, and programming experience with the C or C++ language. Any student who completed COMP 130 prior to 1995 should contact the School of Science and Technology for advice. It is recommended that students enrolled for 200-level and above COMP units have access to an IBM compatible computer running the Linux Operating System.

Combined Units COMP284 - Software Engineering
Coordinator(s) Ioan Despi (idespi@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

An introduction to the practical problems of specifying, designing, implementing and testing large reliable software systems. Additional topics covered in lectures and tutorials include object-oriented design, ethical issues and use of languages as C++, PHP, Python, databases as MySQL, and notations as UML and Z. The final part is devoted to important new technologies, such as security engineering, service-oriented software engineering and aspect-oriented software development. Two lectures and a two-hour laboratory session per week.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Software Engineering
ISBN: 9780321313799
Sommerville, I., Addison Wesley 8th ed. 2007
Text refers to: Semester 2 and ISBT Semester 1, 2 and ISBT Summer , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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