ITEC 3860 - Software Development I

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ITEC 2150; ITEC 2201 or ITEC 1201
Additional Requirement: Windows based laptop or Apple MacBook (see IT Laptop Program @ www.ggc.edu/itlaptop)
First course in a sequence that teaches students to use the software development life cycle including problem definition, systems analysis, requirements gathering, designing systems, development of systems, testing and implementation. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) Demonstrate skills needed to gather software requirements from the client and analyze them to create software specifications; (2) Choose appropriate software development model based on software requirements; (3) Create a software design by applying sound design principles and using modeling tools; (4) Demonstrate the knowledge and proper usage of design patterns to create reusable designs; (5) Develop and implement automated and manual unit tests; (6) Develop project plans and utilize them to track project development; (7) Collaboratively develop a simple system using object-oriented approach.