Course Website for M.sc Students taking ECC 811-Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology

MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ECC811 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
MAY 2025 - AUGUST 2025

	Syllabus for ECC811 - Software Engineering
	1. IEEE Glossary of Terms used in Software Engineering Technology 2. Glossary of Computer System Software Development Terminology (8/95) - FDA
	Recommended Books and Other References
	STUDY GUIDES & REVISION
	Laboratory/Computer Sessions
	Recommended Training Videos
	Slides and Class Presentations
	WEEK 1 - READING MATERIALS (a) Chapter 1 - Pankaj Jalote, An integrated approach to software engineering (b) Chapter 1 - Ivan Marsic - Software Engineering
	WEEK 2 - READING MATERIALS (a) Programming Concepts (b) Programming Languages (c) Introduction to Computer Programming with Python
	WEEK 3 - READING MATERIALS (a) Chapter 1, Pages 17-28, Introduction to Computer Programming with Python (b) Chapter 2 - Pages 23-71, Essential Matlab for Engineers and Scientists
	WEEK 4 - READING MATERIALS & ASSIGNMENTS (a) Software Development Process Models in Course Textbook - An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering (Pages 37-73): (i) Waterfall Models (ii) Prototyping, Iterative Development (iii) Time-boxing and comparison of Models EXERCISES (a) Exercises Page 75 (b) Software Development Models-Online Review Questions
	WEEK 5-6 - READING MATERIAL (a) Overview of Virtualization and Classification in Cloud Computing Environment (b) Architecture of Virtual Machines-IEEE (c) Virtual machine introspection: towards bridging the semantic gap (d) Finite State Machine: Principle & Practice EXERCISES (a) Virtual Machines - Online Review Questions
	SELECTED THESIS USING MATLAB & SIMULINK (a) Selected M.Sc Theses on Modeling & Simulation
	Continuous Assessments Tests
	Class Attendance