CS3601 program

Fundamentals of Software Engineering

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to software engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices for developing high-quality software systems. It covers the software development life cycle (SDLC), software process models, requirement engineering, system design, software testing, and project management. Students will learn about agile methodologies, object-oriented design, and software quality assurance (SQA) to develop scalable and maintainable software systems.

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ECTS

180

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From the Fall 2025 syllabus

What you will learn

•Describe SW engineering principles, common SW architectural styles, processes involved in engineering a SW necessary to produce software solutions.
•Analyze a problem, and produce SW system design with common design patterns, produce documentations (CRC / UML), and interpret existing documentations.
•Implement and evaluate quality assurance practices, including test-driven development, test classifications, test adequacy evaluation, code improvement / refactoring, code smell detection, and bug finding tools.
•Explain methods of software project management such as scheduling, size estimation, productivity measurement in agile environments, ethical and equitable software development.
•Use tools and perform best practices in collaboration in SW projects including software version control, bug tracking, code reviews, continuous development (DevOps) pipelines, and container-based app deployment.