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SENG301 builds on the material introduced in SENG201 (Introduction to Software Engineering) and is intended as a companion course to SENG302 (Software Engineering Group Project). The focus is on quality and how to model, measure and maintain it as project size and complexity scale up.
Software Engineering II touches to advanced topics of software engineering including software development processes, team-based work, ethics, software quality, resilience engineering, software design and modelling. Students will learn about the principles behind software development processes (i.e. classical and Agile-based methods), software quality assurance through (automated) testing and deployment techniques as well as software design recipes.Active participation into the lectures and tutorials is expected to achieve good grades into the course. Lectures will contain regular activities to put into practice the theoretical content covered in lectures. Labs will feature extensive use of novel development technologies to write, debug, test and deploy software.
1. Apply software engineering processes, including both Traditional Methods and Agile Software Development methods [WA9, WA10, WA11]2. Apply a range of software engineering techniques to develop, test, deploy and evolve software systems (e.g., automated testing, continuous integration, version control) [WA4, WA11, WA12]3. Discuss ethical issues in software engineering (e.g., ACM code of Ethics) [WA6, WA7, WA8]4. Synthesise new software designs and recognise and correct design flaws in software [WA1, WA3, WA4, WA5, WA10]5. Use code quality metrics to understand and improve software systems and the processes used to develop them [WA4]
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
SENG201. RP: ENCE260 or COSC262.
ENCE260 or COSC262.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Fabian Gilson
Gamma, Erich; Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software ; Addison-Wesley, 1995.
Goldstein, Ilan; Scrum shortcuts without cutting corners : agile tactics, tools & tips ; Addison-Wesley, 2014.
Fenton, Norman E. , Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence; Software metrics : a rigorous and practical approach ; 2nd ed; International Thomson Computer Press ; PWS Publishing, 1997.
Fowler, Martin , Beck, Kent; Refactoring : improving the design of existing code ; Addison-Wesley, 1999.
Pressman, Roger S. , Maxim, Bruce R; Software engineering : a practitioner's approach ; Eighth edition; McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.
Course Information on Learn
There are several important documents available online about departmental regulations, policies and guidelines at the following site. We expect all students to be familiar with these. Notices about this class will be posted to the class forum in the Learn system.COSC students will also be made members of a class called “CSSE Notices”, where general notices will be posted that apply to all classes (such as information about building access or job opportunities).
The Computer Science department's grading policy states that in order to pass a course you must meet two requirements:1. You must achieve an average grade of at least 50% over all assessment items.2. You must achieve an average mark of at least 45% on invigilated assessment items.If you satisfy both these criteria, your grade will be determined by the following University-wide scale for converting marks to grades: an average mark of 50% is sufficient for a C- grade, an average mark of 55% earns a C grade, 60% earns a C+ grade and so forth. However if you do not satisfy both the passing criteria you will be given either a D or E grade depending on marks. Marks are sometimes scaled to achieve consistency between courses from year to year.Students may apply for special consideration if their performance in an assessment is affected by extenuating circumstances beyond their control.Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the Examinations Office website within five days of the assessment. Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the Department and an application to the Examinations Office may not be required. Special consideration is not available for items worth less than 10% of the course.Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.
Please click HERE for the CSSE Department's policy for the academic remedy of applications for a special consideration for final exams.
Domestic fee $1,059.00
International fee $6,000.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .