CSC 490 – Senior Project I: Software Engineering
Course Syllabus
Office: 311 Eberly Science & Technology Building Office phone: 724-938-4131 Department phone: 724-938-4078 Department fax: 724-938-5972 Email: kholief@cup.edu
T, H: 9:30-11:00 AM, W: 12:00-2:00 PM, and by appointment.
Please check http://www.cup.edu/eberly/mathcs/Syllabi/CSC490.pdf for the catalog description, the course credits, the prerequisites, the course objectives, a course outline, and accommodations for students with disabilities.
Object-Oriented and Classical
Software Engineering, by Stephen R. Schach
Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill
(2002), ISBN: 0-07-239559-1
Students will form groups of 3 from the beginning of the semester. Please send an email to the instructor if you don’t have a group.
There will be 3 major tests during the semester; their average will count towards 45% of the final grade.
Reading in advance and participation in the class discussions will count towards 5% of the final grade (extra credit).
The course project (described below) will count towards 50% of the final grade.
Students will be required to submit a paper on a software engineering-related or ethics-related issue that will count towards 5% of the final grade. This paper will be an individual work.
Announcements will be sent to a mailing list formed of the campus emails of all registered students (your email ID is the first 3 litters of your last name followed by the last 4 digits of your SSN).
There will be a public folder for documents to be shared with all students.
The project will be a team oriented, semester long project. The project will focus on Requirements, Specification, and Design. Parts of the project will be due at different times throughout the semester, with the whole project ultimately worth 50% of your grade. Late turn-ins can only be accepted in the following class with a %25 grade reduction as a penalty.
It is MANDATORY that every student attends all classes. The student is responsible for all the material covered in a particular class, including the announcement of test dates, even if he/she misses that class. If a student misses a class he/she should obtain the class notes from a fellow student and review this material before contacting the instructor for any assistance.
Grading:
Paper
5%
Project
50%
A semester-long project that involves the requirements, specifications, and design phases
Tests:
45%
Average of three tests
Performance and class participation
5%
Extra Credit!
The grading scale:
93%-100%
A
83%-87%
B
73%-77%
C
0%-60%
F
90%-93%
A-
80%-83%
B-
70%-73%
C-
87%-90%
B+
77%-80%
C+
60%-70%
D
Any student found cheating on an exam or a quiz will receive a 0 for this exam or quiz. If repeated, the student will fail the course.
NO ACTIVE PAGERS OR TELEPHONES ALLOWED IN CLASS.