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Course Overview

The Software Development Studio 2 course, denoted as SWEN 504, is a comprehensive program designed to equip students with advanced software engineering methodologies and practices. This course is part of the offerings at Victoria University of Wellington and is tailored to provide students with hands-on experience in software development through a series of group projects, teaching sessions, industrial seminars, and case studies.

Course Details

• Duration and Timing: The course spans from 16 November 2026 to 7 March 2027, conducted during Trimester 3+1.
• Location: The course is held at the Pipitea campus.
• Fees:
  • For domestic students: NZ$5,505.60
  • For international students: NZ$24,715.20
• Estimated Workload: Approximately 600 hours or 37.5 hours per week for 16 weeks.
• Points: 60 points, with one point estimated to be about 10 hours of work.

Entry Restrictions

• Prerequisites: Students must have passed SWEN 502 before enrolling in this course.
• Corequisites: None
• Restrictions: None, but students who have passed similar content courses may not be eligible.

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

1. Implement a range of software engineering methodologies.
2. Develop software of moderate size cooperatively using recognized software engineering processes.
3. Use various software engineering tools.
4. Apply knowledge of networks, web systems, databases, and other computer science concepts to software development problems.
5. Evaluate and discuss the impact of issues like privacy, intellectual property, security, reliability, and sustainability on software engineering projects.
6. Evaluate and discuss the appropriateness of different software engineering methodologies and their relationship with technical and project management choices and business goals.

How the Course is Taught

• The course requires in-person attendance and cannot be taken online.
• It is delivered as a full-time intensive block course.
• Includes interleaved teaching sessions, exercises, development projects, group work, tutorials, industrial seminars, and case studies.

Assessment

• Individual Advanced Programming Assignments: 60%
• Technical Project Report on Group Project: 5%
• Presentation of Group Project: 5%
• Reflective Reports on Group Project: 15%
• Software Engineering Process Exercises and Analysis: 15%

Mandatory Requirements

There are no mandatory requirements for this course.

What You'll Need to Get

No specific texts or equipment are required for this course.

Taught By

The course is taught by the School of Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, with specific lecturers including Dr. Andrew Chalmers, Dr. Michael Homer, and Kirita-Rose Escott.