Computer Science · Year 3 · Software engineering and broadening

S5 Software engineering

Move from a program that works to maintainable software: design, architecture, agile lifecycle and automated testing.

210hours of coursework

21weeks at 10 h

3steps

12new courses

2universities

A software project run in pairs over two sprints: design with patterns, product backlog, automated tests and continuous integration.

Courses this semester

52 h

University of AlbertaBeginnerJava, Android Studio

Stated prerequisites: Familiarity with object-oriented programming; basic Java

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Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Object-Oriented Design	Intermediate	17 h	4.7 (2,434)
Design Patterns	Intermediate	15 h	4.7 (1,382)
Software Architecture	Intermediate	10 h	4.5 (958)
Service-Oriented Architecture	Intermediate	10 h	4.5 (599)

63 h

University of MinnesotaIntermediate

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Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Software Development Processes and Methodologies	Beginner	21 h	4.7 (2,135)
Agile Software Development	Intermediate	13 h	4.7 (7,485)
Lean Software Development	Beginner	11 h	4.6 (433)
Engineering Practices for Building Quality Software	Intermediate	18 h	4.5 (476)

95 h

University of MinnesotaIntermediateJava, JUnit, Cucumber, Gherkin, Selenium, OWASP

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Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Introduction to Software Testing	Intermediate	30 h	4.3 (839)
Black-box and White-box Testing	Intermediate	26 h	3.8 (117)
Introduction to Automated Analysis	Intermediate	19 h	4.2 (87)
Web and Mobile Testing with Selenium	Intermediate	20 h	3.7 (111)

Software Design and Architecture uses Java and Android Studio.
Two Software Testing courses are rated below 4: supplement with the Google book.

This semester takes 210 hours, about 5 months at 10 hours a week. A Coursera Plus subscription gives access to most of its courses during that time.