Welcome to

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Welcome to

• BSc (Hons) Software Engineering

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Programme Leader

• Programme Leader Stewart Green
• Email stewart.green_at_uwe.ac.uk
• Web home page www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/sjgreen
• Room number 2P32
• Programmes Director Stewart Green
• Room 2P32
• Email stewart.green_at_uwe.ac.uk

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What is Software Engineering?

• Software Engineering involves teams of people in
  the creation of large, complex, high-quality
  computer-based systems on-time and within budget
• It includes discovering what users want programs
  to do, designing the programs, writing and
  testing them and managing all these activities
• Buy Software Engineering (7th edition) by Ian
  Sommerville to find out more.

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Documentation

• You should already have received the following
  documents
• Induction Programme
• University Handbook (2005 2006)
• Student Handbook (2005 2006)
• If you havent, collect them at Registration, in
  4E21
• Later this session I will distribute
• Timetables
• Enrolment forms (plus, for some, Financial
  Details forms)

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University Structure

• The University is made up from a number of
  faculties. For example
• Education
• Economics and Social Sciences (ESS)
• Etc.
• You are in the faculty of Computing, Engineering
  and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS)

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Faculty Structure

• Within the CEMS faculty there are a number of
  programmes, e.g.
• BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Systems
• BSc Engineering
• You are on the programme called
• BSc (Hons) Software Engineering

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Programme Structure

• The normal (sandwich) route through BSc Software
  Engineering takes four years.
• In year-one you study 6 modules.
• In year-two you study 6 modules.
• In year-three you undertake an industrial
  placement.
• In year-four you take a number of modules
  including an individual project and a group
  project.

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Year one

• Each module introduces knowledge on a specific
  subject area
• The 6 modules you will study in year one are
• UFCE46-20-1 Introduction to Program
  Development (Java)
• UFCE47-20-1 Systems Development (html, CGI,
  etc.)
• UFSEHV-20-1 Computer Systems (PC assembler,
  etc.)
• UFQEFY-20-1 Analytical Modelling (Discrete
  maths.)
• UFIE8Q-20-1 Information Systems Application
  Contexts
• UFCE48-20-1 Computer Science Concepts

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Lectures, Labs., and Tutorials

• For each module you normally attend
• One one-hour lecture per week and
• Either one one-hour tutorial per week or
• Or one one-hour laboratory session per week

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UWEOnline

• Some of your module leaders will store lecture
  and tutorial material, as well as assignments and
  readings, on the UWEOnline system on the web,
  where you can access them.
• You can access UWEOnline from the University home
  page (http//www.uwe.ac.uk) by following the
  UWEOnline link or by going directly to
  http//online.uwe.ac.uk
• You will need your user name and password, which
  you will receive at registration.

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Assessment

• Your performance on each module will be assessed.
• Normally, this will involve
• One exam per year
• One or two coursework assignments per year
• There may be other means of assessments for some
  modules, e.g.
• In-class tests

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MAR Regulations

• The regulations which you are under are called
  the Modular Assessment Regulations
• MAR 3.0
• You should review these regulations
• You can find them on page 165 of the University
  Handbook (2005 2006)

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Handing in Work

• See Student Handbook, pages 5 and 34
• There will be a schedule of coursework hand-in
  dates on the notice board in N block at the start
  of term
• You should receive each coursework-specification
  at least 4 weeks the before hand-in date
• You attach a coursework submission-form
  (obtainable from N Block Level 1 foyer)
• Post coursework in N Block Level 1 foyer

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Option Choices

• During year-one you will be able to make your
  year-two option choice
• Either Introduction to Real-time Systems
• Or Human-Computer Interaction
• Or Project Management
• More options are available in the final-year
• Read about options on page 6 of the Student
  Handbook

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Plagiarism

• When writing your assignments or projects, AVOID
• Copying large chunks from books or the web
• Unauthorised sharing of work
• Including the work of experts in your own work
  without proper acknowledgement
• If you do not, you will be penalised!
• Read about Assessment Offences on page 37 - 41 of
  the Student Handbook
• Read about Good Practice in Academic Writing on
  pages 31 to 33 of the same Handbook

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Problems

• If you have non-academic problems (fees,
  extenuating circumstances, like illness, etc.),
  you should make an appointment to see your
  Student Advisor, who is
• Annette Weekes in room 2N07 which is in N-Block.
• If you have academic problems with, or concerns
  about, a module, you should take them up first
  with the module tutor, then with the module
  leader. If the issue is still unresolved, see
  your programme leader and then, if necessary,
  your programmes director.
• Problems experienced by the whole cohort which
  remain unresolved should be brought to the
  attention of your student representative, who
  should then raise them on your behalf at the next
  Programmes Staff Student Committee (PSSC) meeting

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Communication

• Staff will communicate with you via
• Notice boards there will be
• a general board (N Block foyer)
• a board for module notices (N Block foyer)
• and a board for award-specific notices (top
  corridor P Block)
• E-mail you will be able to use Microsoft
  Outlook staff will!! so you should check
  Outlook for new e-mail regularly
• SMS
• Check the news section of the programmes
  directors web pages by following the link from
  www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/sjgreen
• UWEOnline (see a previous slide)

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Student Representatives

• It is very important that you choose a Student
  Representative now
• Your Student Rep. will be able to raise issues
  and concerns over the programme with programme
  staff at two Programme Staff Student Committee
  (PSSC) meetings held each year.
• Students Reps. may also sit on other Faculty and
  University committees, e.g. Faculty Board and the
  Teaching and Learning Academic Committee
• They are also invited to the CEMS Faculty Student
  Council and elected representatives are invited
  to the University Student Representative Council
• Students Reps will be paid 5.44 per hour for
  attending official meetings
• Student Rep. training will be provided by the
  Students Union
• The CEMS SU Rep. Coordinator is David Owen
  (david.owen_at_uwe.ac.uk x82580 Room 4F10)

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Second-hand books

• The Students Union has provided a forum for
  students to buy and sell second-hand books
• www.uwesu.net/ebookshop
• The University bookshop also sells second-hand
  books
• Programme notice boards in the faculty often
  feature lists of books individual students are
  trying to sell

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Tuesday Sightseeing Tour of Bristol Buffet
Lunch

• Tuesday
• 1000h 1200h Sightseeing tour of Bristol
• Departs from UWE main bus stop area
• 1200h 1400h Buffet lunch quiz
• In the Merchants Suite (located in the main
  campus building)

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Fire Alarm

• Continuous sound means EVACUATION!!
• Intermittent sound means stay where you are
  until
• It stops OK
• It changes to continuous EVACUATE
• Do not use the lifts to evacuate
• Help anyone who is struggling to evacuate

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Documents

• There is a timetable here for you to collect now
• There is an enrolment form for you to collect now