Professional Software Development
UndergraduateLTU-CSE3PSD2025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Professional Software Development
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Critique design patterns and their uses in object-oriented software design.
- Engineer object-oriented software using design patterns.
- Implement software using design patterns in the C++ programming language.
- Analyse emerging trends in software development and forecast how they will evolve.
- Software Engineering
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Programming Design Patterns
- Software Quality Standards
- Emerging Technology Trends
Throughout your studies to date, you’ve learned how to program a computer. You should already be very familiar with the basic building blocks of computer programs: variables, loops, branching structures, functions, and the like. This subject will focus on tools and techniques for software development, the process of designing, delivering, and maintaining high-quality software. You will develop substantially complex software using design patterns in the C++ programming language, and you will learn about the realities of software development from industry experts.
- Programming assignment 2 (1000 words equivalent). (25%)
- Programming assignment 3 (1000 words equivalent) (30%)
- Programming assignment 1 (500 words equivalent). (15%)
- 2 hour exam focused on software development concepts and practice (2000 words equivalent). (30%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
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Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed CSE1ISX (Information Systems) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
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