Module Specification

The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
1. Module Title Software Engineering II
2. Module Code COMP319
3. Year Session 2023-24
4. Originating Department Computer Science
5. Faculty Fac of Science & Engineering
6. Semester First Semester
7. CATS Level Level 6 FHEQ
8. CATS Value 15
9. Member of staff with responsibility for the module
Mr ST Coope Computer Science Sebastian.Coope@liverpool.ac.uk
10. Module Moderator
11. Other Contributing Departments  
12. Other Staff Teaching on this Module
Mrs J Birtall School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science Judith.Birtall@liverpool.ac.uk
13. Board of Studies
14. Mode of Delivery
15. Location Main Liverpool City Campus
    Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
16. Study Hours 36

  10

      46
17.

Private Study

104
18.

TOTAL HOURS

150
 
    Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other
19. Timetable (if known)            
 
20. Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

COMP201 Software Engineering I
21. Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

 
22. Co-requisite modules:

 
23. Linked Modules:

 
24. Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a mandatory basis:

25. Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:

26. Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:

27. Aims
 

The overall aim of this module is to introduce students to a range of advanced, near-research level topics in contemporary software engineering. The actual choice of topics will depend upon the interests of the lecturer and the topics current in the software engineering research literature at that time. The course will introduce issues from a problem (user-driven) perspective and a technology-driven perspective – where users have new categories of software problems that they need to be solved, and where technology producers create technologies that present new opportunities for software products. It will be expected that students will read articles in the software engineering research literature, and will discuss these articles in a seminar-style forum.

 
28. Learning Outcomes
 

(LO1) At the end of the module, the student will: Understand the key problems driving research and development in contemporary software engineering (eg the need to develop software for embedded systems).

 

(LO2) Be conversant with approaches to these problems, as well as their advantages, disadvantages, and future research directions.

 

(LO3) Understand the key technological drivers behind contemporary software engineering research (eg the increased use of the Internet leading to the need to engineer systems on and for the web).

 

(LO4) Be able to present, analyse, and give a reasoned critique of articles in the software engineering research literature.

 

(LO5) Be able to read and understand articles in the research literature of software engineering.

 
29. Teaching and Learning Strategies
 

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: 36 lectures
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 2 - Tutorial
Description: Exercises
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Standard on-campus delivery
Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Mix of on-campus/on-line synchronous/asynchronous sessions
Teaching Method 2 - Tutorial
Description: On-campus synchronous sessions

 
30. Syllabus
   

The module will cover three issues in contemporary software engineering, intended to be representative of the current issues being addressed by the software engineering research community. Potential topics might include the following (note that this list is indicative only – in practice, lecturers will select topics to reflect contemporary research trends in the field):

-Program slicing and its applications
-Concurrent object-oriented programming (the Actor model) -Computer-supported cooperative work
-Embedded systems
-Extreme programming
-Aspect-oriented programming
-Object-oriented design patterns
-Software management & change
-Software maintenance
-Software quality management

 
31. Recommended Texts
  Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
 

Assessment

32. EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
  (319) Final Exam This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :1 150 80
33. CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
  (319.1) Assignment 1 Object Pattern Assignment A programming assignment for the students to demonstrate skills in OO SOLID principles. 0 20