COMP1531 Software Engineering Fundamentals  
This course provides an introduction to software engineering principles: basic software lifecycle
concepts, modern development methodologies, conceptual modeling and how these activities relate to
programming. It also introduces the basic notions of team-based project management via
conducting a project to design, build and deploy a simple web-based application.
It is typically taken in the semester after completing COMP1511, but could
be delayed and taken later. It provides essential background for the teamwork
and project management required in many later courses.  
The goal of this course is to expose the students to:  
 
basic elements of software engineering - derived from the lifecycle of a
software system, including requirements elicitation, analysis and specification; design; construction; verification and
validation; deployment; and operation and maintenance  
data modelling and fundamental database techniques  
software engineering methodologies, processes, measurements, tools and techniques  
Web-based system architecture and development practices on Web platforms