Software Project Overview

Software Engineering Project provides students with experience developing a medium-sized computing project in a small team of four or five students. The students gain real industry experience by undertaking projects proposed by local businesses with the team interacting directly with the ‘client’ for their project. The students work on the project for two semesters and each student puts in around 11 hours of work a week on the project. In 2006 there are 115 students completing 24 projects.

Software Engineering Project provides students with the experience of working in a team and dealing with the associated problems of communication and team management. Real industry projects and teamwork have a great impact on student learning and commitment. On completion, the students have an in-depth knowledge of their project domain and they have the ability to apply that knowledge in practice. The students become effective problem-solvers, capable of applying logical, critical and creative thinking to a range of problems. Software Engineering Project also focuses on giving the students numerous opportunities to develop verbal and technology-based communication skills.