Include a brief summary of the course topics and requirements, the general format of the course, and the methods of evaluation.


== Skills and knowledge students should have prior to beginning the course: ==


  * Understanding of the Software Engineering life cycle.
  * Experience with group work and group evaluations.
  * Introductory understanding of Software Engineering design ideas.
  * Understanding of basic definitions and concepts of software design.
  * Experience with pair programming and agile design.
  * Experience planning and developing software systems.
  * Understanding of project management methods.
  * The ability to write moderate to large programs.


== Course Topics: ==

  * Traditional lifecycles, waterfall, spiral, iterative.
  * Large team management.
  * Automated testing tools.
  * Professional communications.
  * Law and ethics for international software. Distribution law and ethics considerations. Group and user level.


== Course Format: ==

  * Lecture format: Three hours of lecture a week.
  * Online materials location and format: Course material will be distributed on Courselink.
  * Lab or tutorial format and expectations: Weekly labs which will involve programming assignments and could involve group work tasks.


== Method of evaluation: ==

  * Number of Assignments: 2
  * Number of Graded Labs: 8
  * Number of Quizzes: 3
  * Formal Midterm? No
  * Course project? Yes
  * Final Exam? Yes
  * Group work? Yes, extensive.
  * mostly programming assignments? No.
  * Written documents? Yes, extensive.