CS 3773 Software Engineering
Spring 2008

Course Instructor

Name: Jianwei Niu
Office: SB 4.01.36
Office Phone: 458-7360
Email: niu@cs.utsa.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Course Meetings

       TR 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM in classroom UTSA-1604 HSS 3.02.18

Course Web Page

       http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~niu/teaching/cs3773

Prerequisites

Data Structures and Object-Oriented Programming

Required Textbooks

1. Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, “UML 2 and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design”.  2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005.
2. Ian Sommerville, “Software Engineering”, 8^th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2006.

Course Outline

Introduction of different aspects of software engineering with the concentration on processes, methods, and tools for developing reliable software-centered systems. Study of software development process models, project management, a variety of modeling notations, requirement analysis, architecture design methods, and testing techniques.

Course Goals

• To introduce you to the fundamental concepts of software development process, requirements, design, and testing.
• To give you hands-on experience on how to model software artifacts with CASE tools

Course Topics

• Software Development Processes and Project Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Unified Modeling Language and other Specification Notations
• Software Architecture and Design
• Testing Techniques

Grading

• Midterm: 20%
• Final: 20%
• Assignment: 10%
• Projects: 45%
• Participation: 5%

Examination Schedule

• Midterm: March 6, 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
• Final: May 5^th, 10:30AM -1:00 PM

No makeup exams will be permitted.