COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
SWE 101	B	2	3	0	0	4	7

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	Dr. Erind Bedalli ebedalli@epoka.edu.al
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Dr. Erind Bedalli ebedalli@epoka.edu.al , Tuesdays 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	M.Sc. Edlira Cani edcani@epoka.edu.al
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Bachelor in Software Engineering (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:
Course Description:	This course presents contemporary issues related to the field of software engineering. It deeply examines the software life cycle models, including phases software specification, design, develop, test, and maintain. Object-oriented design methods and practices, their application to the development of computer-based systems.
Course Objectives:	This Course introduces the concepts, tools and techniques of Software Engineering. It emphasizes the development of reliable and maintainable software via system requirements and specifications, software analysis and design methodologies including object-oriented design, implementation, integration and testing, software project management, life-cycle documentation. Students undertake a semester group mini-project as a major part of the course.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	The software development lifecycle
2	Requirements engineering
3	Modeling and design
4	Implementation and testing
5	Software evolution

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to Software Engineering
2	The software development lifecycle and Software Processes
3	Agile Development
4	Requirements Engineering
5	Requirements Modeling
6	System Modeling
7	Design
8	Midterm
9	Implementation
10	Software Testing
11	Overveiw of OOAD with UML
12	Software Configuration Management
13	Software Project Management
14	Maintenance and Reengineering

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook(s):	Software Engineering by Ian Sommerville,10th edition Pearson
Additional Literature:	Software Engineering : A practitioner’s Approach, 8th Edition by Roger Pressman Case Studies from different sources.
Laboratory Work:	Yes
Computer Usage:	Yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students are able to identify formal requirement specification document
2	Able to analyse the requirements of a software project
3	Ability to build a software from requirements and design diagrams
4	Able to build a software from UML diagrams
5	Able to Understand the importance of Risk management and Configuration Management
6	Able to test the code of their project, creation of test cases,and Test plan, etc.
7	Ability to Evaluate the Usability of an Integrated Development Environment.
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.
9	Ability to understand the lifecycle development of a software endeavor.
10	Aware of the variety of existing software processes.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Software Engineering (3 years) Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.	5
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	5
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	5
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	5
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.	5
6	Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue.	5
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.	5
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.	4
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology.	5
10	Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics.	3
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.	4
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.	3

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	3	5
Midterm Exam(s)	1	25
Project	1	20
Final Exam	1	35
Attendance		5
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments	4	2	8
Final examination	1	20	20
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

Students were very interested in this course, their interaction was great. This course is a valuable introduction to Software Engineering that they are going to see in depth in the future.