CS 460: Software Engineering

Instructor:

Joe Michael Kniss
Ferris 301G
277-2967
jmk (at) cs.unm.edu
Office Hours: TR 1:30-2:30

Info:

Official class web page:
www.cs.unm.edu/~jmk/cs460

Class Blog:
unm-cs460.blogspot.com

Text:

Bruegge and Dutoit. Object-Oriented Software Engineering Using UML, Patters, and Java. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-0471100

Also good reading (but not required)

Frederick Brooks, Mythical Man-Month, Essays on Software Engineering , Addison Wesley Professional, ISBN 0201835959

Edward Yourdon, Death March , Prentice Hall, ISBN 013143635X

Recommended Design Books

Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides, Design Patterns , Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Addison Wesley, ISBN-13: 978-0201633610. (AKA: Gang of four book)

Scott Meyers, Effective C++, Addison Wesley, ISBN-13:978-0-321-33487-9.

Scott Meyers, More Effective C++, Addison Wesley, ISBN-13:978-0-201-63371-9.

Josh Bloch, Effective Java, Prentice Hall, ISBN-13:978-0201310054.

Andrei Alexandrescu, Modern C++ Design, Addison Wesley, ISBN-13:978-0201704310. (Primer for Generic Programming Methods)

Course Objectives:

This course will cover the software development process from a top-down point of view. Students will gain experience in project development begining with concept proposal, specification, implementation, and maintainance in a team setting.

Grading:

In-class participation: 15%
Midterm & Final exam: 15%
Individual assignments: 20%
Group Project: 50%

Policies:

This is an upper-division class. Students are expected to conduct themselves as adults and professionals. Because this class involves extensive group work, students must keep up and support their team.

Attendance   Attendance is the resposibiliby of the student. I will not be taking role. However, since a substantial proportion of this class involves group interaction, participation in class will factor into the final grade.

Cheating   Cheating will not be tolerated! This includes copying homeworks, plagerisim, sharing information during tests, and "free-riding" in the group project. A first offence will result in a 0 for the assignment/test. Repeat offences will result in an "F" for the class and potential University action.

Group Work The bulk of this class will involve a team project. There will be instances of personality conflicts and interpersonal tenson. Part of the experience will be developing skills to deal with these issues in a professional manner. Students should attempt to resolve conflicts within the group before involving the instructor. Failure to do so can affect both the individual grades of those involved as well as the overall group grade.

Individual Work All students are required to maintain a blog. One can be created at Blogger. This will serve as a journal of class and assignment activities. If you would like, the blog can be password protected so that only the instructor may see it. A substantial portion of your grade will be based on this blog. An "A" blog will have on average three entries per week, "B" two, and so on.

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