Course syllabus

Ingenjörsprocessen för programvaruutveckling - samhällsaspekter
Software Engineering Process - Soft Issues

ETSA05, 4 credits, G1 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 1
Date of Decision: 2012-03-19

General Information

Main field: Technology.
Compulsory for: C1, D2
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

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.

Learning outcomes

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.
• Be able to descibe how a business concept is transformed into a product

Competences and skills
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.
• Be able to write a business plan for a small project

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
• Entrepreneurship

Examination details

Grading scale: TH
Assessment: The final grade is calculated based on the group assignment and the level of attendance to the seminars.

Parts
Code: 0111. Name: Seminars.
Credits: 2. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Participation and approved assignments.
Code: 0211. Name: Group Assignment.
Credits: 2. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Quality assessment of developed material.

Admission

Required prior knowledge: EDA011/EDA016/EDA017 Programming.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: ETS141

Reading list

• Material distributet by the department.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Prof. Per Runeson, Per.Runeson@cs.lth.se
Course homepage: http://cs.lth.se/etsa05
Further information: The course is given in Swedish, but parts of he course may be given in English.