Getting Started as a Software Engineer. Master techniques and skills to plan, design, implement, test, and maintain software systems.

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Software Engineering SpecializationThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

What you will learn

The principal tasks of software project managers.
Software Engineering skill and techniques being used in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Skills you will gain

About this Specialization

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Software development is not just about coding, it also involves the application of scientific knowledge and well-defined engineering techniques to produce maintainable, scalable, cost-effective and on-schedule software products. This specialization covers software engineering methodologies, techniques, and tools for planning, capturing requirements, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining large-scale software systems. It combines scientific and technological knowledge with many hands-on examples and real-life case studies for students to apply software engineering skills in a realistic development environment. This specialization is intented for programmers who want to deepen their understanding of the methodologies and techniques involved in software development. Basic object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts are required to attempt the series of courses. It is recommended to take the courses in the order they are listed, as they progressively develop teachniques and concepts about software engineering, it is not a hard requirement.

Applied Learning Project

Learners will apply different software engineering techniques for planning, capturing equirements, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining large-scale software systems through many hands-on examples and real-life case studies in a realistic development environment.

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There are 3 Courses in this Specialization

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Course 1

Software Engineering: Modeling Software Systems using UML

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Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the requirement analysis phase of SDLC, and you will learn how to use UML models to capture the system requirements and to facilitate communication between client/users and developers. UML is a general purpose visual modeling language for systems. It can be used to highlight different aspects of the system that are of interest to different stakeholders. Data requirements are captured in the domain model, which describes the important concepts of the application domain as classes, associations between them and constraints on them. Functional requirements are captured in the use-case model to describe the interactions between the system and its environment (users, other systems).

Course2

Course 2

Software Engineering: Implementation and Testing

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Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the implementation and testing phases of SDLC, and you will examine different software development processes for large software systems development, and understand the strengths (pros) and weaknesses (cons) of different software development processes. You will also encounter defensive programming techniques to prevent software bugs during implementation, and learn how to test your system thoroughly using different types of test cases.

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Course 3

Software Engineering: Software Design and Project Management

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Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the project planning and analysis/design phases of SDLC, and you will learn about different architectural patterns and design patterns to solve common problems in software design. It covers project planning, scheduling, and cost estimating, which are the principal tasks of software project managers.

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Kenneth W T Leung

Assistant Professor of Engineering Education

Computer Science and Engineering

142,025 Learners

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How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
In approximately 2-3 months, you will pick up all the necessary skills for software engineering.
What background knowledge is necessary?
Basic concepts about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
It is recommended to take the courses in the order they are listed, as they progressively develop teachniques and concepts about software engineering, it is not a hard requirement.

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Software Engineering Specialization

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