CS 5390 Special Topic in Computer Science: Software Engineering

Spring 2009

Schedule:Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:50 p.m., Room 322 Computer Science

Instructor: David Novick, Room 203 CS Building, novick@utep.edu, 747-6031

Overview: This is a graduate survey course covering software engineering concepts, techniques, and methods. Topics include software process and life-cycle models, requirements specification, design methods, and software testing. The course emphasizes skills in critical thinking in software engineering.

Course Materials

• Syllabus
• Assignments
• Student presentations
• David Novick's Field Guide to Errors in College Writing
• Software design inspection assignment, due Monday, April 27, 2009.
• Teams for the software design inspection assignment
• Information on CS4310 projects. The key links on this page are "AWSD SRS 1.1b," which is the software requirements specification, and the five teams' software design documents, identified by each team's name.
• Midterm 2, take-home, due Monday, May 11, at 4:30 p.m. Please turn in your exams to the CS front office.

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