Leader: Dr. David Squire

Offered

Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)
Sunway First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit builds on introductory units to analysis and design. It provides the professional software engineer with advanced knowledge and skills in high-level architectural design, its theoretical foundations, industrial best practice, and, relevant application context. In the the software life-cycle, software architecture sits between analysis/specification and design/implementation. The field of software architecture has come of age with a thriving research community and numerous high-level models, methods, tools and practices widely used in industry.

Assessment

Exam: 60%
practical assignment: 40%

Contact hours

3 x contact hrs/week

Prerequisites

FIT2001 or CSE2305, FIT2004 or CSE2304

Prohibitions

CSE3308