Module Identifier

SEM1000

Module Title

CURRENT ISSUES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Academic Year

2008/2009

Co-ordinator

Dr Mark B Ratcliffe

Semester

Semester 1

Pre-Requisite

Only available to MEng Software Engineering Students.

Other Staff

Course Delivery

Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials	Seminar. 22 x 2hr

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	A1 Attendance And Participation:	15%
Semester Assessment	A3 Course Work: A survey paper of approximately 9000 words.	60%
Semester Assessment	A2 A critique presentation and paper of approximately 2000 words	25%
Supplementary Exam	Resubmision of a survey paper, under the terms of the Department's policy.	100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students should:

be able to identify and use the main research resources that are available to Software Engineers (A3);
constructively participate in advanced technical debate in the field (A1);
have a general overview of the Software Engineering field and be aware of focused areas of research interest within it (A1, A2, A3);
be able to produce a survey paper on some current area of Software Engineering research (A3);
be able to present current Software Engineering research at an appropriate level of detail to a technical audience (A2)

Aims

This module focuses on current issues in the field of Software Engineering. The module will involve students in an examination of current research literature of interest to software engineers.

Reading List

Students will be directed to the primary literature and will be expected to search for additional material themselves Primo search The Department produces a handbook to accompany this module Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7