Syllabus 2008/2009 ETSA05

Syllabus academic year 2008/2009
(Created 2008-07-17.)

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS - SOFT ISSUES

ETSA05

Higher education credits: 4. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. ETSA05 overlap following cours/es: ETS141, ??1743 och ETS141. Compulsory for: C1, D2. Course coordinator: Martin Höst, martin.host@cs.lth.se, Inst f datavetenskap. Prerequisites: Programmeringsteknik. Assessment: Reports from the individual assignment are evaluated and graded individually. Attendance to the seminar is part of the examination.The final grade is calculated based on the individual assignment and the level of attendance to the seminars. Parts: 2. Home page: http://www.cs.lth.se/Education/LTH/.

Aim
The objective of the course is to give the student basic knowledge about ethical questions that are relevant for software engineers. In addition to this quality requirements describing products and systems with respect to different peoples needs are elaborated, and legal aspects of engineering are discussed.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to describe relevant ethical guidelines that are available
Be able to describe techniques for determining quality aspects of systems in order to adapt them to the needs of different people.
Be able to describe relevant legal aspects of computer systems and data storage.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to apply a basic technique for evaluating ethical aspects of developed products.
Be able to review a project with respect to basic aspects of law and ethics.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

understand in which situations ethical and legal questions are important for an engineer.

Contents

Code of ethics for engineers
Non functional requirements
Legal aspects os software development

Literature
Wohlin, C., "Introduktion till Programvaruutveckling",
Studentlitteratur, 2005, ISBN 91-44-02861-X
Additional material distributet by the department.

Parts

Code: 0108. Name: Seminars.
Higher education credits: 2. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Participation and approved assignments.

Code: 0208. Name: Individual Assignment.
Higher education credits: 2. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Quality assessment of developed material.