Undergraduate Course: Software Engineering with Objects and Components (INFR10056)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://course.inf.ed.ac.uk/seoc/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of software systems using object-oriented techniques. The techniques we consider are oriented to creating component based designs. The course will review basic object-oriented techniques and how they support the creation of component based designs. We also consider the high level modelling of systems as a means of supporting the Software Engineering process. Here we study the Unified Modelling Language (UML), which provides programming language independent notations for design. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Software Engineering with Objects and Components (INFR09016)
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Other requirements | This course is open to all Informatics students including those on joint degrees. For external students where this course is not listed in your DPT, please seek special permission from the course organiser.
Students will be assumed to be able to read code examples in Java, and to be conceptually familiar with programming in a statically-typed object oriented language. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students are required to have comparable background to that
assumed by the course prerequisites listed in the Degree Regulations &
Programmes of Study. If in doubt, consult the course lecturer. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
|
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
|
| Additional Notes |
|
| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
|
| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Design simple object-oriented systems, making appropriate use of available components;
2 - Design simple software components, making sensible API decisions;
3 - Evaluate and evolve object-oriented software designs, making use of common design patterns if appropriate;
4 - Create, read and modify UML diagrams documenting designs;
5 - Discuss the use of modelling in software development, e.g. why and how models of software can have varying degrees of formality. |
Assessment Information
| This course is assessed by exam only. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Building on students' prerequisite knowledge of software development and object-oriented programming, we consider how object-orientation and the use of components impacts the development and maintenance of software.
We discuss the use of modelling in software development, including (i) where models are used purely informally, (ii) where they are used as reviewed documentation for designs, and (iii) model-driven development in which models are formal artefacts and code may be generated from them.
Students learn to document designs in the Uni ed Modeling Language, UML, with emphasis on class, sequence and state diagrams and the Object Constraint Language, OCL.
We study criteria that make one design better than another in context and introduce design principles and patterns that capture good practice.
Relevant QQA Computing Curriculum Sections: Software Engineering |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
* Stevens with Pooley, Using UML: Software Engineering with Objects
and Components, Pearson (second edition) |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Vijayanand Nagarajan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3440
Email: vijay.nagarajan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Claire Edminson
Tel: (0131 6)51 7607
Email: C.Edminson@ed.ac.uk |
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