CS3342Software Design

What you will study

Course overview

CS3342 Software Design aims to introduce the fundamental Software Engineering design principles and practices of software process and software development methodology. Students will explore techniques to elicit requirements, analyze them, and apply software engineering principles to design their solutions. Additionally, the course also discusses the importance of professional ethics in engineering, equipping students with a strong ethical foundation to navigate the responsibilities of software development. Through a balance of theory and hands-on exercises, students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in today's dynamic software engineering landscape.

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Course content

Software Development Process, Requirement Elicitation and Analysis, Use Case Specifications, Software Design Principles, Software Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Software Design Modelling, UML, Class Diagram, Use-Case Diagram, Sequence Diagram, Semantics of UML diagrams, Professional Ethics. Syllabus • Software Development Process Project scope, process issues, software development life cycle models, professional ethics. • Software Requirements Specification Requirements elicitation, analysis, use-case modelling, specification and documentation. • Object-Oriented Analysis (OOA) Object-oriented concepts: object modelling, reuse, object interactions and responsibilities. • Object-Oriented Design (OOD) Fundamental software design principles, concepts and applications of software design patterns. • UML Key types of diagram: use case diagram, class diagram, sequence diagram. Semantics and applications of these diagrams.

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Intended learning outcomes

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CILOs                                              Weighting (if DEC-A1          DEC-A2          DEC-A3
                                                                  app.)
1              Explore the software development lifecycle                          x            x
               and explain the structured and object-oriented
               software development methodologies.
2              Identify, analyze and document user                                              x
               requirements for software development.
3              Apply object-oriented analysis using                                             x
               contemporary software design and modeling
               approaches
4              Design software systems using object-oriented                                    x
               design principles.
5              Discuss software engineering professional                           x            x
               ethics.

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Before you take this course

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Prerequisites

CS2310 Computer Programming or CS2311 Computer Programming or CS2334 Data Structures for Data Science or CS3391 Advanced Programming or equivalent

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Precursors

Nil

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Corequisites

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Additional course requirements

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Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

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Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

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Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (%): 50; Examination (%): 50; Examination Duration (Hours): 2

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ATs             CILO No.             Weighting (%)           Remarks ("-" for    Allow Use of
                                                                                     nil entry)          GenAI?
1                       Assignment      1, 2, 3, 4           15                      Need to             Yes
                                                                                     acknowledge
2                       Mid-term        1, 2, 3, 4           15                      -                   No
3                       Group Project   1, 2, 3, 4, 5        20                      Need to             Yes
                                                                                     acknowledge

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Passing requirements

Minimum Examination Passing Requirement (%): 30 Additional Information for ATs: For a student to pass the course, at least 40% of the maximum mark for the continuous assessment and 30% of the maximum mark for the examination must be obtained.

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