SEN4531 Unix ProgrammingBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
SEN4531 Unix Programming Fall 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. MEHMET ALPER TUNGA
Recommended Optional Program Components: None.
Course Objectives: The students will have the ability of developing BASH scripts for systems programming in UNIX and UNIX based operating systems with the help of various tools such as grep, awk and sed. The course also provides the students with the other UNIX programming utilities such as socket programming, writing manuals and creating packages.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Define of basic concepts and categories of operating systems and UNIX
2. Use basic commands of Unix
3. Describe the concept of grep, awk and sed
4. Describe the Unix and shell environment and fundamentals of shell programming in Unix
5. Define the basic structures such as loops, control structures of BASH and developing system programming scripts through BASH
6. Prepare makefiles in Unix environment
7. Describe the fundamentals of Gnome programming
8. Create RPM packages
9. Prepare manual pages
10. Define the fundamentals of socket programming

Course Content

The course content is composed of unix commands, the grep family, introducing awk, introducing sed,
environment and shell variables, shell (bash) programming, writing makefile, gnome programming, creating rpm packages, writing manual pages, sockets.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) Unix Commands
3) The grep Family
4) Introducing awk
5) Introducing sed
6) Environment and Shell Variables
7) Shell (BASH) Programming
8) Shell (BASH) Programming
9) Shell (BASH) Programming
10) Writing Makefile
11) Gnome Programming
12) Creating RPM Packages
13) Writing Manual Pages
14) Sockets

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Neil Matthew and Richard Stones, Beginning Linux Programming, Wiley, 2008, ISBN 13: 978-0-470-14762-7

David Tansley, Linux & Unix Shell Programming, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 10: 0-201-67472-6
References: Yok - None.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 5 % 20
Homework Assignments 2 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 3 5 15
Homework Assignments 1 8 8
Quizzes 5 3 15
Midterms 1 17 17
Final 1 18 18
Total Workload 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products. 2
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems. 2
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging. 3
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem. 2
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation. 3
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically. 3
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams. 2
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems. 2
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system. 2
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life. 3
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions. 3
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.