CSE 757 - Autumn 2004

CSE 757: Software Engineering, Autumn 2004

Schedule, Lecture Notes, Reading

Meeting Times

9:30 - 10:18 am, CL 120

Instructor: Atanas (Nasko) Rountev

Office: DL 685, tel. 292-7203
Office Hours: M 1:00 pm - 2:30pm, W 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, or by appointment
Email: rountev cse ohio-state edu

Grader: Xiaogang Li

Office: DL 778, tel. 292-4634
Office Hours: W 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, or by appointment
Email: xgli cse ohio-state edu

Prerequisites

CIS 560 or equivalent, and senior or graduate standing

Course Description

This course introduces concepts and methods related to the design, implementation, validation, and maintenance of software systems. Students will explore various software engineering topics (e.g., design and testing) through several assignments. Three credit hours.

Course Objectives

This course familiarizes students with some problems of software engineering, and certain approaches used to solve these problems. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Understand the role of key elements of software engineering such as requirements analysis, software design, and software testing
Understand principles of modern software processes
Understand and apply principles of object-oriented analysis and design, and the corresponding UML notation
Understand and apply principles and patterns for software design
Understand and use standard techniques for software testing

Topics (partial list)

Goals of software engineering
Software process: waterfall model, iterative and incremental processes, Unified Process
Requirements analysis: use cases, system sequence diagrams, operation contracts, non-functional requirements
Domain modeling: conceptual classes, attributes, associations
UML: class diagrams, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams
Object-oriented design: basic principles, object responsibilities, attributes, operations, associations
Design principles and patterns (e.g., GoF patterns)
Software testing for procedural and object-oriented software

Textbook

There is no "official" textbook for this course. I will use materials from a variety of books.

Craig Larman, Applying UML and Patterns, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002. Two copies are on reserve at SEL. I will use materials from this book in the first half of the course. This is a useful book for anyone interested in building modern object-oriented software. New and used copies are available at various online bookstores; just make sure that you are purchasing the second edition.
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, on reserve at SEL. The course material on design patterns is based on parts of this popular book. The book is often referred to as the "gang of four" (GoF) book.
Roger Pressman, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 5th Edition, on reserve at SEL. A comprehensive textbook on software engineering.
Martin Fowler, UML Distilled, 2nd edition, on reserve at SEL. Concise overview of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Excellent starting point for UML.

Grading

Assignments	35%
Midterm	25%
Final	40%

The course will be graded on a curve, with an average grade around B. Grading disputes will be handled by the person that assigned the grade. The instructor will grade the midterm and the final. The grader will grade the assignments. Grades become final one week after the assignment or the exam is handed back; this should leave plenty of time to resolve grading disputes.

Important Dates

First class: September 22, 9:30 am, CL 120
Midterm: November 1, 9:30 am - 10:20 am, CL 120
November 3: no class
November 26: no class, Thanksgiving
Last class: December 3
Final: December 8, 7:30 am - 9:20 am, CL 120

Course Policies

You are responsible for all material presented in class including lectures, handouts, assignments, etc.
Assignments are to be done independently. General high-level discussion of the assignments with others in the class is allowed, but when it comes to doing the work, anything you submit should be your own. Cheating is a very serious offence and will be dealt with to the full extent allowed by university rules. If you allow someone else to present your work as his or her own, you will also be considered a cheater.
No makeup exams will be given without prior arrangements. If you need to take a makeup exam, you should talk with me at least a week before the regularly-scheduled exam. Typically, I will not give such approval unless the reasons are justifiable.
Both the midterm and the final will be comprehensive, closed book, closed notes. However, if you want, you can bring one "cheat sheet" — a standard-sized piece of paper, with your notes on both sides.
Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date.
Late assignments will be graded with 30% penalty, and will be accepted only until the beginning of the next class (i.e., 9:30 am of the day of the first class after the due date).
Assignments cannot be resubmitted.
Do not submit by email any assignments unless you have the grader's approval in advance. If you have a late submission, write the date/time on it and slide it under the door of my office.
Anything you submit should be clearly labeled with your name. Assignments should be checked for spelling and grammar, and the grader should be able to read and understand them. If you have more than one sheet, staple them together. If the grader has problems reading or understanding what you have done, additional points may be taken off.

Students with Disabilities

Any student who feels he or she may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss his or her specific needs. Please contact the Office of Disability Services at (614) 292-3307, or visit 150 Pomerene Hall, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.