SIT725 - Applied Software Engineering
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Muneeb Ul Hassan Trimester 2: Valeh Moghaddam Trimester 3: Niroshinie Fernando |
Prerequisite: | SIT774. |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week. |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online practical experience (workshop) per week. |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Software solutions are helping to shape industry innovations across the world. In this unit you will learn to apply software engineering principles, tools, and practices in the design and development of a range of innovative software solutions. This unit covers advanced approaches to applying software engineering to application development, planning, analysis and design models and testing.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Apply and evaluate methods of modelling, implementation, testing and software management principles to engineer software solutions. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Critically evaluate and apply the context of realistic software engineering process including requirements analysis, design, construction, architecture, testing/verification and user experience. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Work within a team to apply and evaluate software engineering design and development in the context of a real software product. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Identify knowledge gaps and effectively seek and use appropriate learning resources to acquire necessary knowledge of software engineering. | GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Learning portfolio | Portfolio | 100% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SIT725 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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