Description

Software engineering is a very broad field. It encompase virtual everything a person might want to know in order to develop software - software that is correct, on time, and on budget. Most other computer science courses emphasize the technical foundations of software development, such as programming, algorithms, data structures, languages, etc.

This course focusses on the pragmatic aspects, such as requirements analysis, cost estimation, design, team organization, quality control, configuration management, verification, testing, and maintenance. Students work in teams on projects for real clients. This work includes a feasibility study, requirements analysis, object-oriented design, implementation, testing, and delivery to the client. Additional topics covered in lectures include professionalism, project management, and the legal framework for software development.

This course is compiled from documents of MIT OpenCourseWare, the Connexion project of Rice University, and from free online courses and documents such as

http://www.ecs.syr.edu/faculty/fawcett/handouts/webpages/FawcettHome.htm,

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-171Fall2003/CourseHome/,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering,

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs501/2008sp/,

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/,

http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/resources/IanS/SE7/,

http://www.ee.unb.ca/kengleha/courses/CMPE3213/IntroToSoftwareEng.htm,

http://cs.wwc.edu/~aabyan/435/intro.html,

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/,

and etc…

We have arranged their contents to create a complete course. We hope it will be useful to study Software Engineering.

Course Objectives

Theory, the students have

Practice

Prerequisites

The formal prerequisites for this course are Programming Languages (C/C++, Perl, Java, .Net,…), Data Structures and Algorithms, and Database Management Systems.

The following are the specific capabilities you will need from the prerequisite courses:

Organization

Class sessions will be a combination of lecture and seminar formats. We'll cover the course's primary topics in these sessions, with reading and homework assigments that provide opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying issues and techniques of software engineering. Actual labs and software development projects will provide a hands-on approach to exploring these topics throughout the semester. Given that this is a 3 credit course, it is expected that you will spend an average of 10 hours per week (including in-class and lab time) on the course and related material for the duration of the semester.

Readings

Here are some general books on software engineering:

Grading Plan

Since software engineering is a broad subject matter, mastery of the topic as covered by the scope of our course can be manifested in a variety of ways. Your grade in the course will be based on your achievement of the course objectives as demonstrated in your homework assigments, programming deliveries, and participation in class discussions.

Course component grading weight :

Schedule

Suggestions for Success