CSC-351: Software Engineering

Course Title: Software Engineering

Course no: CSC-351                                        Full Marks: 60+20+20
Credit hours: 3                                                  Pass Marks: 24+8+8

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)
Course Synopsis: Discussion on types of software, developing process and maintaining the software.
Goal: This course introduces concept of software development paradigm and implementing these in real world.

Course Contents:

Unit 1:                                                                                                                            11 Hrs.
1.1  Introduction to Software Engineering: Definition of software, software engineering. Comparing between other engineering and software engineering.
1.2  System Engineering: Introduction to System, System properties, system and their environment, system modeling.
1.3  Software Process: Introduction, software process model, process iteration, software specification, software design and implementation, software validation, software evolution.
1.4  Project Management: Introduction, management activities, project planning, project scheduling, risk management.

Unit 2:                                                                                                                           12 Hrs.
2.1  Software Requirements: Introduction, Types of requirements, requirements engineering process: Feasibility study, requirements elicitation and analysis, requirement validation, requirement management.
2.2  Software Prototyping: Introduction, prototyping in the software process, rapid prototyping techniques, user interface prototyping.
2.3  Formal Specification: Introduction, formal specification in software process, interface specification, behavioral specification.

Unit 3:                                                                                                                           6 Hrs.
3.1  Architectural Design: Introduction, system structuring, control models, modular decomposition, domain specific architecture.
3.2  Object Oriented Design: Introduction, Features of object oriented design, object oriented software engineering.  

Unit 4:                                                                                                                                16 Hrs.
4.1  Verification & Validation: Introduction, verification and validation planning, software inspection, cleanroom software development.
4.2  Software Testing: Introduction, types of testing, testing work benches.
4.3  Critical system validation: Introduction, formal methods and critical systems, reliability validation, safety assurance, security assessment.
4.4  Software Cost Estimation: Introduction, productivity, estimation techniques.
4.5  Software Reengineering: Introduction, source code translation, reverse engineering.


Laboratory works:    Developing the software techniques explained in the course.

Homework
Text Books:                Software Engineering, 7th Edition, Ian Sommerville, PEARSON
EDUCATON ASIA
             
Reference:                  Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 6th Edition,
Roger S. Pressman, McGraw Hill International Edition.

Assignment:               Assignment should be given from the above units in throughout the semester.

Computer Usage:      No specific

Prerequisite:              C, C++, Data Structure, Automata Theory, System Analysis & Design

Category Content:     Science Aspect:           60%
                                    Design Aspect:            40%