Software Engineering Fundamentals DPST1093 24C1

Welcome to DPST1093 - Software Engineering Fundamentals (First big notice)

Posted by Harshana Randeni Sunday 14 January 2024, 05:23:54 PM, last modified Sunday 14 January 2024, 05:25:52 PM.

Hi everyone,

An early welcome to DPST1093 for 24T1. This early welcome is predominate to give you time to fill out the group preference form below

A more detailed introduction with information and summaries will be sent out next week, but here are a few things to get you prepped for the term.

1. 🐼 (Read below) Complete the group preference form for the major project*
2. 😽 Go and read the course outline .
3. 🙊 Hop onto MS Teams and introduce yourself !
4. 👨💻 Our first lecture will also be in-person during week 1! This is shown on the lecture timetable page.

❗️ *(IMPORTANT) Group Preference for Major Project

As specified in the course outline , DPST1093 has a major project component that is a 5-person, 9-week group project that constitutes 60% of the course assessment. The successful and equitable formation of amazing groups of students for this major project is a priority for us. And we need to finalise these groups before week1.

For us to form groups effectively, you are required to complete the preference form .

This form asks you to:

• Optionally preference 1 other student to be in your group of 5.
• If you preference someone, to avoid us disregarding the preference, they must:
• (1) Be enrolled in the same class at the same time (i.e., same code on MyUNSW)
• (2) Fill out the form preferencing you as well (we disregard preferences if it only goes one way)
• Answer a few further questions that help us form groups, regardless of whether you have a person-preference.

The form is due on Friday 19th of January at 11pm!!

We sadly aren't in a position to accept late preferences, so please fill it in prior to then. Preferences are not guarantees that you will be in a group with that person, however, in nearly all cases we make it work.

If you don't have anyone to preference, or only have one preference, don't even worry! That's very normal. You might hear murmurs from other students that you could end up with a "horror group" for DPST1093. Believe it or not, typically about 50% of student's don't provide preferences, and we just randomly match students in the same class.

We can assure you that while groups that struggle do exist, they only make up a small number of groups. We have structured the course and assessment very intentionally to have processes in place to ensure that if you work hard and follow the rules, your accomplishments should reflect your mark, even if you end up with some challenging group situations.

Lastly, a reminder that we can't manually enrol you in a full class, and we aren't accepting more than one preference per person as this ensures equitable group formation.

We'll reach out again next week with much more information about getting started and first classes!

🎃 Until then, enjoy your week and stay safe. The entire team can't wait to meet you.

Welcome to DPST1093 - Software Engineering Fundamentals

Posted by Harshana Randeni Thursday 11 January 2024, 10:49:51 AM.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to DPST1093 - Software Engineering Fundamentals

The course website will go live on Sunday 14th Jan.