Course unit, curriculum year 2026–2027
COMP.SEC.300
Secure Programming, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
Course code
COMP.SEC.300Language of learning
EnglishAcademic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Marko HeleniusResponsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Common learning outcomes
International outlook and global responsibility
Content
Core content
- design principles of secure programming
- secure programming skills
- avoiding and preventing vulnerabilities
- secure software development lifecycle
Complementary knowledge
- security architecture, design, mental models and checklists
- secure usage of data bases
- experimentation with buffer overflow, XSS and CSRF
- immersion to a selected focus area
- security testing
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
To pass the course, you must pass the exercises, participate in the exercise groups and prepare and present an exercise work.
All parts of the completion option are compulsory.
Participation in teaching
Hybrid teaching
11.01.2027 – 20.05.2027
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
Independent study
Hybrid teaching
07.03.2027 – 31.05.2027
Active in period 3 (1.1.2027–7.3.2027)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2027–31.5.2027)
Open University completion options
The course is also available at the Open University