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Indicative Content: This course presents assembly language programming as the bridge between hardware and high-level programming languages such as C++. Topics covered include the addressing modes, register file, and instruction set of a microcontroller; subsystems such as timers, handshaking input and output, and analog to digital conversion; and interrupts. Software control of hardware is stressed. In the laboratory, students design software to demonstrate proficiency in these areas. Introduction to microcomputer/microcontroller structure from a programmers perspective; 68hc11 addressing modes and memory types; Tool usage (assembler, linker, downloader, simulator); 68hc11 instruction set (5 classes) Assembly language Programmes structure, including comparisons to high level languages; Parallel I/O with handshaking; Analog I/O on the 68hc11 plus background on A/D and D/A converters; Hardware interrupts. Reference Book: i. S. A. Edwards, Languages for Digital Embedded Systems, Kluwer Academic Press, 2000. BSE 2302: Professional Software Engineering Mini Practical Project II (4 CU) Course Description: Upon successful completion of the course, the student should: Demonstrate mastery of a specific programming language and development platform; Carry out requirement engineering for a particular project; and demonstrate ability to develop a mini application or systems with minimal difficulty. Indicative Content: An introduction to a specific professional software certification course is covered. Reference Books: i. A. Koenig and B. E. Moo, Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example, Addison-Wesley, 2008. ii. J. Friesen, Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional, Apress October 2007. iii. S. Karam, and R. Freeman, Easy Oracle Jumpstart: Oracle Database Management Concepts and Administration. iv. S. Feuerstein, B. Pribyl and C. Dawes, Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 4th edition, O’Reilly 2007. BSE 3101: IT Project Management and Development (4 CU) Course Description: At the end of the course, students will: Appreciate the range of practical project management techniques available; be able to apply project management principles and techniques within their organizations; and be able to confidently undertake the management of a project and see it to a satisfactory conclusion on time and within budget. Indicative Content: • Integration Management includes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly co-coordinated. • Scope Management is the function of controlling a project in terms of its aims, goals and objectives through the process of conceptual development, full scope definition or statement, scope reporting and control, and project close out. • Time Management is the function of maintaining appropriate allocation of time to every element in the overall conduct of the project through the successive stages of its natural life-cycle. • Cost Management is the function of maintaining effective financial control of the project. • Quality Management is the composite of material attributes (including performance features and characteristics) of the product or service which are required to satisfy the needs for which the project is being undertaken. • Human Resource Management is the function of directing and coordinating human resources throughout the life of the project. It involves the application of the principles of behavioral science and administrative knowledge to achieve the predetermined project objectives of scope, time, cost, quality and participant satisfaction. 114
• Communications Management includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and ultimate disposition of project information. • Risk Management includes the processes concerned with identifying, analysing and responding to project risk. It includes maximising the results of positive events and minimising the consequences of adverse events. • Procurement Management is the function of acquiring resources for the project in order to produce the end product. Reference Book: i. D. Billows, Advanced Project Management Techniques, PMP. BSE 3104: Software Metrics (3 CU) Course Description: Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to: Describe software metrics; understand the foundations of measurement theory and models of software engineering measurement and appreciate software products metrics, software process metrics and measuring management. Indicative Content: The course is composed of the following basic modules: Measurement theory (overview of software metrics, basics of measurement theory, goal-based framework for software measurement, empirical investigation in software engineering), Software product and process measurements (measuring internal product attributes: size and structure, measuring external product attributes: quality, measuring cost and effort, measuring software reliability, software test metrics, object-oriented metrics Measurement management. Reference Books: i. N.E. Fenton and S.L. Pfleeger, Software Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach, 2nd edition (638p.), PWS Publishing, 1998. ii. S. H. Kan, Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering, 2nd edition (560 p.) Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002. iii. J. C. Munson, Software Engineering Measurement, Auerbach Publications, 2003. iv. C. Jones, Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality, McGraw-Hill, 1996. CSC 2111 Database Management Systems I (3 CU) Course Description: This course is to provide students with a strong foundation in systematic approaches to design and implementing of database applications. Preliminarily, operations like requirements gathering and database planning will be covered. The course will also introduce students to developing of application Programmes that talk to the database. These applications may be online or offline. The aims of the course are to: Provide a background for the evolution of database (management) systems; Provide the students with the steps one has to go through when developing good database applications; Give hand on experience and knowledge in developing database (driven) applications Indicative Content: Background to databases; Evolution of database systems; Database organization and architecture; Data base models; Over view of database application development; The database development life cycle; Database design; Conceptual design; Logical design; Physical Design; Querying databases; SQL/PL SQL and Scripting. Reference Books: i. T. Connolly and C. Begg, Database Solutions, 2nd edition. BSE 3102: Object-Oriented Software Engineering (4 CU) Course Description: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand the entire software engineering project process, which consists of object-oriented analysis, design, programming and testing; Understand basic object-oriented programming concepts; Effectively use the main features of the object-oriented 115
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