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Professional Software Development
Undergraduate | LTU-CSE3PSD | 2023
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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Professional Software Development
About this subject
- 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
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- LAT-TEC-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Information Technology
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG