School of Computing prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

Assessment
and progression
rules
Exclusion from
module
Software Engineering II
Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two class tests (CT), five
assignments (AA), three tutorial assignments (TA), a practical assessment
(PA), an examination (EA) and a re-examination (RA).
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of
the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA)
+ 40%(EA). To qualify for course credit students must obtain an overall
assessment of 50%.
Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination
students must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%.
A student will be excluded from the course after failing the module twice. A
student excluded from a course may be re-admitted after presenting a similar
course from another university for credit.
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
CSI3202 Software Engineering II 7 14 1
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
39
Number
of
weeks
3 x 50 min 1 x 3 hrs 1 x 50 min 14 140
Notional
hours
Content / Syllabus Theory: Software Engineering principles revisited, Downstream software
Computing activities, Internet software Architectures and Technologies,
N-Tier Architectures, CORBA, J2EE and .NET architectures, Web Services,
Design Patterns, GOF design Patterns, Web Architecture Patterns, UML Object
Diagrams, Challenges and Pitfalls of Software Design, Techniques for design,
Design as decision making and evaluation of trade-offs, Examples taken from
Object Oriented Design, Architecture – Driving forces, Various examples, Code
Construction - UML to code, code to UML, Configuration Management –Source
code control and management , Source code processing , Group work support,
Versions and Variants, CVS, Quality Assurance -Defect costs, Reliability,
Standards, Testing – Types of test, verification and validation, Black and White
Box testing, Test analysis and generation, Metrics – Examples and uses,
Process and Project metrics, Object orientation metrics.
Practicals: Consist of 5 labs based on what is covered during lectures.
Entry Rules Applicant must have Passed all Second Year Modules, CSI2202, CSI2102
Assessment
and progression
rules
Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two class tests (CT), five
assignments (AA), three tutorial assignments (TA), a practical assessment
(PA), an examination (EA) and a re-examination (RA).
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of
the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA)
+ 40%(EA). To qualify for course credit students must obtain an overall
assessment of 50%.
Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination students
must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%.
2012
PROSPECTUS