Engineering and Architecture
UNIVERSITY MASTER'S DEGREE IN APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AND WEB SERVICES
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The Master’s Degree in Developing Web Applications and Services has been designed with the aim of teaching students how to develop web-based computer systems and large business systems, applying best practices to software engineering.
The compulsory section of the programme focuses mainly on providing methodological training in the field of Software Engineering, teaching students the most relevant and advanced software methodologies (ranging from the most traditional approaches, such as the Rational Unified Process, to agile processes and applying model-led development methods) and using the pertinent tools to capture and correctly validate requirements which will subsequently be applied to the design and implementation of the software developed. Development is led by good practice through learning and applying those patterns of analysis, architecture and design that provide the best solutions to the applications in question.
The course also teaches the principles of usability and design required to define a user interface which meets quality criteria. Finally, the course identifies appropriate testing stage practices. Throughout this process, models are established as the most important artefacts in the development process, from which traceability policies are defined in order to obtain the final application.
Another primary objective of the Master’s Degree course is to provide advanced technical training based on the technologies pertaining to platforms that currently have greater professional protection. In terms of web applications, the Microsoft .NET and Java platforms are covered extensively.
This ranges from learning how to prepare the persistence layer for database managers to preparation of the business logic layer in distributed environments for .NET and Java. It also includes the user interfaces layer for desktop environments, web environments and mobile devices.
Furthermore, in recent years rich internet applications (RIAs) have become increasingly important, and the course teaches solutions for .NET and Java.
The course also contains two optional routes, each focusing on one of the two following aspects:
Analysing and Developing New Technologies for the Internet focuses on technologies that substantially improve interaction and usability of traditional web-based application user interfaces.
Developing Large Systems focuses on learning two types of applications – enterprise resource planning systems and developing large mainframe systems.
In both cases, students acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to understand and use applications of this type, which are never studied at first degree level.
It should be stressed that one objective of the course is annual updating to include new technologies as they appear on the market, and with this purpose in mind the programme will change, as new technologies are introduced to replace those which have become obsolete or have lost their relevance.
Type of subject |
Credits |
Compulsory (OB) |
52 |
Final project (OB) |
8 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
60 |
MODULES |
SUBJECTS |
TYPE |
ECTS |
ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING |
ADVANCED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES |
OB |
3 |
ADVANCED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS |
OB |
3 |
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PATTERN-LED DESIGN |
OB |
3 |
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USER INTERFACE DESIGN |
OB |
2 |
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QUALITY TESTING AND CONTROL |
OB |
3 |
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SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE |
OB |
3 |
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SOFTWARE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES |
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING IN DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS |
OB |
4 |
DEVELOPING WEB APPLICATIONS |
OB |
3 |
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DEVELOPING DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS |
OB |
3 |
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PROGRAMMING MOBILE DEVICES |
OB |
2 |
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XML |
OB |
2 |
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DATABASES |
OB |
3 |
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SERVER ADMINISTRATION |
WEB SERVERS |
OB |
2 |
APPLICATION SERVERS |
OB |
2 |
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ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INTERNET |
ANALYSING INTERNET TRENDS |
OB |
3 |
BROWSER-ORIENTATED INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES |
OB |
3 |
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DEVELOPING RICH INTERNET INTERFACES |
OB |
5 |
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MASTER’S FINAL PROJECT |
DISTRIBUTED WEB APPLICATION PROJECT |
OB |
8 |
The course programme is made up of five modules, of which three are compulsory and contain fourteen subjects, and two are optional, containing five subjects. The compulsory subjects provide students with a solid theoretical and practical grounding, enabling them to develop and distribute the software project that they will be working on throughout the year.
The purpose of the course programme is to apply project-led learning, where ASE will provide students with the theoretical knowledge of software engineering necessary to develop a project using best practices, and SDT will teach them all of the technologies needed for the software that they will be developing. Last, but not least, ASA will enable them to acquire knowledge regarding administration of the applications developed.
Students are also given two optional routes, focusing on very different aspects of software development which are both currently of great importance: developing applications on large systems and developing internet applications using the latest technologies.
The different modules taught on the Master’s course are described below:
Finally, the two optional modules comprising the two alternative routes in this Master’s course are as follows:
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA
According to the Regulations of the University of Alicante, the following requirements must be complied to have access to official taught Master’s degrees:
- Non- recognised degree certificates shall require a technical report showing an equivalence statement issued by the University of Alicante (ContinUA – Continuing Education Centre), for which the corresponding fee should be paid.
- Access through this way does under no circumstances imply prior official approval of the holder’s degree certificate, nor its recognition for purposes other than studying a master's degree.
ADMISSION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1. Admission Profile
The Master’s Academic Committee will base their selection on the following criteria:
(a) A Higher Qualification or Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Telecommunications Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related areas.
(b) Academic Record
(c) Academic achievement in subjects related to the Master’s Degree.
2. Assessment criteria
In order to assess applicants’ suitabiliy for admission as regards criterion (c), the number of credits successfully completed will be taken into account, as will the average grade attained in the following subjects, which form part of the course programme of the Degree in Computer Engineering, currently taught at the University of Alicante:
During the selection process, the Master’s Academic Committee (MAC) will also consider subjects similar to those listed above, taught at other universities.
The Master’s Academic Committee(MAC) will also clearly specify the selection criteria employed for admission to the course, and it will will be publicly available throughout the pre-enrolment period on the official web page of the Master’s Degree http://www.eps.ua.es/masterweb. Where an application for admission is rejected, the Master’s Academic Committee will inform the person concerned via a written report explaining the rationale for the decision taken.
PRE-ENROLMENT AND ENROLMENT
PRE-ENROLMENT +info
Students who intend to study for an officially recognised Master’s Degree at the UA should complete pre-enrolment in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines specified annually.
ENROLMENT +info
Following publication of the final list of those admitted to the course, an email containing a user password will be sent to successful applicants, enabling them to enrol via the Campus Virtual in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines specified annually.
In the registration process, the documents issued abroad must be official, duly notorised and translated. Further information:
COURSE | NUMBER OF PLACES |
2012-13 | 30 |
2013-14 | 30 |
2014-15 | 30 |
2015-16 | 30 |
2016-17 | 30 |
Professional.
Professional specialisation.
Professions for which the degree qualifies its holder.
Analyst, software architect, project manager, software designer, programmer.
1. Timescale for implementation of the Master’s Degree course
Academic year |
Implementation of Master’s degree |
2010-2011 |
1st year |
2. Procedure for equivalence recognition, where appropriate, between the current and the new course programme.
Measures have been taken to ensure credit equivalence recognition for subjects taken on the previous Official Master’s Degree in Web Application and Service Development. It should be borne in mind that due to continual technological advances in this field, changes and modifications may be introduced into the new Master’s Degree course. In the event of this affecting credit equivalence of subjects taught on the former programme, the Master’s Academic Commission will decide on the specific credit equivalence procedure.
3. Studies being phased out and replaced by the proposed degree course:
This Master’s Degree proposal implies the discontinuation of the former “Official Master’s Degree in Web Application and Service Development”, approved by Royal Decree 56/2005. The new Master’s degree course spans one academic year; thus, the former programme will come to an end in 2009-2010.
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