SWENG586 - Requirements Engineering
Fall 2013, Section 001 - 3.0 Credits
Schedule Number 176905
Important Dates
Reg Period: 3/14/2013 - 8/26/2013
Start of Orientation: 8/20/2013
First Day of Class: 8/26/2013
End of Class: 10/13/2013
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University Park PA 16802
Course Description
Theory and applications of requirements elicitation, analysis, modeling, validation, testing, and writing for hardware and software systems.
Strong writing skills are recommended for this course. If English is not your native language, it is important that you read additional information regarding English language proficiency before registering for this course.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for the course.
Costs and Fees
This course will be included in your semester bill.
Remarks
This course is a thorough treatment of the theoretical and practical aspects of discovering, analyzing, modeling, writing, validating, and testing requirements for systems of all kind, with an intentional focus on software-intensive systems. The course will bring to play a variety of formal methods, social models, and modern requirements engineering tools and techniques to be useful to the practicing engineer. In addition to reading current literature and working various exercises, students will work in teams to develop a complete, and thoroughly validated and tested systems requirements specification.
This course is part of a cohort program and is only available to students accepted into the Master of Software Engineering program - cohort 8.
Schedule This Course
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|---|---|
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**The first day to schedule classes is based on the priority registration process.
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Material Requirements
Your course materials are listed below. Textbooks can be acquired from any number of textbook sellers. If you wish, you may purchase your books from the sources listed below. The information displayed is provided pursuant to the U.S. Higher Education Opportunity Act.
| Material Title | Edition | Author | ISBN | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems | 1st | Phillip Laplante | 9781420064674 | MBS |
Technical Requirements
Please test your computer for requirements
Software Requirements
No special software is required.
Note: The above information is subject to change at any time by The Pennsylvania State University.