Software Engineering (CSC-351)

Tribhuvan University

Institute of Science and Technology

BSc. CSIT Sixth Sem: CSC-351 Software Engineering Syllabus

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, 7^th Edition, Ian Sommerville, PEARSON

EDUCATON ASIA

               

Reference:                  Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 6^th 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%