IN4240 – Software Testing
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course covers fundamental concepts in software testing and specific areas such as: testing through the life cycle of a software system, static testing techniques, test design techniques, test management, testing tool support, testing user experiences, accessibility testing, exploratory testing, automated testing, test-driven development .
Learning outcome
After taking IN4240:
- you can use modern test processes in software development and project management,
- you can create test strategies and plans, design test cases and prioritize and execute them
- you can manage risks and adverse events within a project and contribute to efficient software delivery and improvement of system development processes
- you can be responsible for and be able to lead the test activity throughout a software project's entire life cycle
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
IN3240 and IN4240 vil be view together?in regards to capacity, with priority given to bachelor students belonging to the programme?Informatics: Programming and System Architecture and master students belonging to the programme?Informatics: Programming and System Architecture.
Recommended previous knowledge
This course is based on IN1000 – Introduction to Object-oriented Programming and partly on IN1030 – Systems, Requirements and Consequences or INF1050 – Systems Development (continued). It is also recommended to have taken IN1010 – Object-oriented Programming
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IN3240 – Software Testing.
- 10 credits overlap with INF3121 – Software testing (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with INF4121 – Software Testing (continued).
Teaching
2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group work each week.?Attending the first lecture is compulsory.
Submission of mandatory assignments is reguired. Read more about requirements for submission of assignments, group work and legal cooperation under guidelines for compulsory assignments.
Examination
4 hours final written digital exam. All mandatory assignments must be approved prior to the final exam.
It will also be counted as one of?your three?attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:?INF3121, INF4121 and?IN3240.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.