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Software Engineering (Sønderborg)

BSc in Engineering

Programme structure

The bachelor’s programme in Software Engineering takes three years (6 semesters), whereafter you begin the Master’s.

As a Software Engineer you will get to create solutions for big and small challenges. During the programme you will be introduced to theory and tools which make you capable of developing solutions based on knowledge of current and future needs.

Each semester is based on a main theme, which will be the centre of the semesters’ theory and project work. As soon as your studies begin, you will become part of a project group in which you will work with projects, which often focus on problems taken from companies.

Before you begin the programme, you have the opportunity to take a Getting-Started-Course in mathematics. The course takes place in August.

1st semester – Software Programming

In the first semester you learn from a broad perspective about practical and societal contexts, technological foundations and programming of information technology and software systems. You gain insight into fundamental programming, so you learn how to programme software. In connection with the semester project, in collaboration with your project group, you will develop a software application based on a societal issue.

2nd semester – development of software systems

The semester provides insight into systemic development of a software system which is tailored to the users’ practices and needs and the interaction between software and organisations. You learn about advanced programming, databases and implementation of a given design. In the semester project, you work on a business case to programme a software product.

3rd semester – distributed interactive software systems

The semester is about design and software development in the context of web-based and interactive systems. You learn how to create good design for users based on interaction design. At the same time, you learn about operating systems, networks and web technologies, so you become aware of the opportunities and difficulties inherent in the underlying technical platform. In the semester project, you work with the development of a distributed and interactive system, based on the users' needs.

4th semester – Intelligent component-based software systems

The semester introduces you to component-based software development, and you gain insight into artificial intelligence, algorithms, data structures and scientific theory. You will be able to develop intelligent solutions, work accurately with algorithms and data structures in the code included in a software project. In the semester project, you work, based on a case, to develop an intelligent system where you use components to achieve a good software architecture.

5th semester – safe and mobile software systems

During the 5th semester, you learn how software is developed with security in focus and in the form of apps, so that its mobile software systems. You gain insight into what is needed when software needs to be adapted, maintained and further developed. Part of the semester consists of electives which give you the opportunity to specialize in specific subject areas.
You can also choose to study a semester at a university abroad.

6th semester – bachelor’s project

During the 6th semester you do a bachelor's project, where you gather your knowledge and skills from the previous semesters. This project is supported with teaching in project management and feasibility study which supports you in working interdisciplinary and innovatively. In addition, knowledge and methods from the entire program are compiled as part of courses in scientific theory and software architecture.

Examples of previous bachelor projects:

  • Improve the collection of health information by general practitioners via a new administration system
  • Assist neck pain rehabilitation via an Android Rehab application
  • Development of 3D games via the Unity platform

You can read descriptions of the individual subjects by clicking on them in the study course diagram below. On mobile phones, the diagram is best viewed in landscape mode.

In your 5th semester, you have the opportunity to study abroad at a foreign university. You can choose either a university that SDU collaborates with, or you can choose to arrange your stay at another university. SDU collaborates with more than 200 partner universities, and we want to help you find the perfect place for you.

The rules for your degree are specified in the programmes’ curriculum, which is the formal description of your education.

The curriculum contains information about the purpose and structure of the programme, including which subject elements the program contains, whether there are opportunities for a semester abroad, project-oriented courses or similar, rules for conducting teaching and exams and rules for participation in exams, etc.

As a student, you are responsible for keeping yourself informed about the rules that apply to your programme. Therefore, it is important that you know the curriculum for your programme.

Read the curriculum for BSc in Engineering (Software Engineering) - Sønderborg

A subject description is a detailed description of a subject, where you can, for example read about the purpose of the subject, the content of the subject, including the form of teaching, the expected workload, and the exam in the subject.

Read course descriptions by clicking the course in the description above.

The programme lasts three years (six semesters) and is standardised at 180 ECTS - i.e. one year of full-time education amounts to 60 ECTS. The ECTS system is an international points system, and ECTS indicates the workload to which the completion of a given education is standardised.

Read more about ECTS on the Ministry of Higher Education and Science's website

The subjects in the bachelor programmes are typically examined at their completion, which means that you go to the exam in January and June.

Many different types of exams are used: written and oral exams, take-home exams and seminars and projects.

A seminar is a form of teaching and examination in which all students in the seminar circle must write an assignment. The assignments are then discussed in the seminar circle, and the students take turns defending their own assignment, opposing the assignment of others and being “general” discussion participants.

Read more about the individual examination forms in the individual subject description (see model above).

A Bachelor's degree is just the beginning of your education

The bachelor's programme lasts three years, after which you take the two-year master's programme to achieve a master’s degree in Software Engineering. A bachelor in Software Engineering  will therefore often continue the programme with a relevant master's degree in, for example, Software Engineering.

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