Dr. Timothy D. Korson
Office phone: 236-2605Email me at my southern account (userid: korson) for an appointment if you need to see me.
Physical office hours are posted on my office door and on my department website. Please note that I have a busy travel schedule lecturing at conferences, so I am often out of town. If you want to see me in the office, it is best to call or email in advance, even during scheduled office hours.
Class lecture time:2:00 - 3:40 PM Monday and Wednesday. Note that some meetings may be online.
Location: Room 135
1. Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - IEEE Computer Society professional practices committee
2. Extreme Programming Explained - Embrace Change 2nd Edition by Kent Beck ISBN: 0321278658
3. Course Notes and readings as assigned:
No Silver Bullet by Fred Brooks
No Silver Bullet Revisited by Brad Cox
Two semesters of programming experience
Students will be able to:
Techniques for the management, development and maintenance of large complex
software systems.
Life cycle issues, requirements and domain analysis, architecture and formal
and human-computer
interaction design, implementation, testing, and quality assurance. Netcentric
computing. Team
projects.
Many of the class periods will follow a traditional lecture format. A certain number of the class lectures, or portions of periods, may be conducted largely in a seminar style. For the seminar style classes, a student will be assigned to lead the class discussion. Some classes will consist entirely of student presentations such as book reports and research or project presentations. A significant part of the course may be guided project meetings or online assignments.
The major Class Assignments are:
Miscellaneous smaller assignments may be given during the course of the semester.
Final grades are determined according to the following table:
A plus (+) or minus (-) may optionally be attached to further qualify a letter grade.
The average used to determine the final grade is computed from the following class activities and is weighted as indicated.
Class periods may start with a quiz over the material from the previous period, and any assigned material for the current period.
Most tests and quizzes follow the traditional short answer format.
There are no predetermined extra credit activities associated with this class.
The standard department criteria for grading projects, presentations, and papers will be used as soon as it is available. In the meantime please note that 100% (A+) is reserved for truly outstanding presentations and projects. An "A" on your project will translate to 95% for grade calculation purposes.
Updates: This syllabus may be updated as the semester progresses. It is your responsibility to check the online syllabus for the latest information and course policies.
Late policy: Assignments are due when specified. Most students will need to begin assignments as soon as they are assigned and work consistently until the due date. It is generally a mistake to postpone most of the work until shortly before the due date. In general, assignments have a due date after which no credit will be given. If, in an exceptional situation, late work is accepted, it will be penalized a minimum of 5% per day late.
Unexcused missed quizzes, tests, project presentations, etc. may not be made up. If the absence is excused, arrangements MUST be made BEFORE the time of the originally scheduled test or presentation. Any make-up test may vary greatly in form from the original test, but its content (topics addressed) will be the same. Because of this difference, any points added (the so called "curve") to tests taken during the regularly scheduled time may not apply to retakes. Please also note that it is unusual for me to "curve" a test in this class because typically there are a number of students that score in the A range without needing to curve the scores.
Email: All course related email must contain your SAU email address as the sender's address, and have a signature which contains your full name, SAU ID, and class name and number. All email must reflect a professional style which includes proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, etc. Email not presented professionally, or originating from a non SAU account such as gmail or Yahoo will be returned.
Preparation for exams The are no study sheets provided for exams. If you need a study sheet for exams, it is essential that you create your own by taking notes during the class lectures. Exams questions focus on items highlighted during class discussion and often require answers based on class discussion that cannot be found in the text.
Final exam: Your final exam is worth a significant of your total course grade. Please note the date and time for our final exam on the tentative class schedule. You need to plan to take your final exam at the scheduled time. Please make your work and vacation plans accordingly. Academic Administration will grant approval for variance from the published exam schedule only in cases of verified, serious, illness or a death in the immediate family. Academic Administration may, in case of exceptional and unavoidable circumstances, approve a variance, in consultation with the professor of this course. A $65 processing fee may be assessed.
Academic Honesty: The basic principle is that you must not represent the work of others as your own work. This principle applies not only for term papers but for all types of assignments and projects.
Academic honesty does not exclude working together on team projects, but it does require that any collaborative work submitted must carry a clear signed statement detailing the nature of the collaboration and making it clear what part of the work was done by you and giving explicit credit to any work done by someone else. Obviously, collaborative work is only permitted when specifically required or allowed in the assignment statement. If in doubt just ask, I am generally quite favorable to collaborative work as long as the above guidelines are followed.
Term papers must include citations for any text not written by you, and references to any sources you used as background material. It is not permissible to compile material from off the web, massage it a bit, write a few transition phrases and submit it as your own. Both the wording and organization of papers you submit must be your own. Paraphrasing someone else’s text is generally not acceptable. Either quote and give credit to the original author, or write your own original text. A necessary, but not sufficient, condition of wither the paper is acceptable is a “yes” to the following question. When you are done could you reproduce the major thrust, reasoning and content of the paper from memory?
A violation of academic honesty is one of the most serious faults a student can commit and will typically result in an automatic F for the course or other serious consequences.
Accommodation: In keeping with University policy, any student with a disability
who needs academic accommodation for testing, note taking,
reading, classroom seating, etc., is to call Learning Success Services.
Mr. Roberts, the Disability Services Coordinator, will conduct an intake and,
if appropriate, provide a letter for you to bring to me. I will review
the letter with you and discuss the accommodations in relation to this course. Academic
accommodations are available only as recommended by Disability Services at
LSS.
Call 236-2838 or stop by the LSS office in Lynn Wood Hall, room
314
to arrange an appointment this week.
Requests for academic accommodations are to be made during the first
three weeks of the semester, except in unusual circumstances. No retroactive accommodations will
be provided.
The Learning Success Services
website contains information of value to all students.