CS 501 Software Engineering Fall 2000 Administration

Basic Information

Lectures:	Tuesday and Thursday 1:25-2:40 p.m., Phillips 101
Instructor:	William Arms, wya@cs.cornell.edu, Upson 5159, 255-3046
Instructor's Office Hours:	Tuesday 11:00 to 12:00 a.m., Thursday 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Instructor's Assistant:	Rosemary Adessa, rosemary@cs.cornell.edu, Upson 5147, 255-9555
Recitations:	Monday 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Phillips 219
Teaching Assistant 1:	Ken Hopkinson, hopkik@cs.cornell.edu, Upson 4120, 255-1149
Teaching Assistant 2:	Amy Siu, ys44@cornell.edu
Teaching Assistant 3:	André Allavena, andre@cs.cornell.edu

The Teaching Assistants do not have scheduled office hours but are available to help you by email.  Please send all message about the course to the Instructor and all Teaching Assistants: (wya@cs.cornell.edu, hopkik@cs.cornell.edu, ys44@cornell.edu, andre@cs.cornell.edu).

Notices

Notices about the course are posted on the course web site.  Check the Notices page regularly for current information.

Course Topics and Goals

• This is a course on the development and management of large software products. It combines a study of methods, tools, and techniques for creating and evolving software products, with the practical skills needed to deliver high-quality software products at agreed cost and schedule.  The methods that are studied include requirements, specification, design, implementation, testing, validation, operation, and maintenance. The practical side of the course includes a substantial project for an actual client.

Assumed Background

• CS410 (or equivalent) plus a reasonable knowledge of the C, C++, or Java programming languages. Sufficient maturity to be able to learn new programming languages on your own if project require it.

Recitations

• The weekly evening recitation will focus on tool details and on discussions relevant to the projects.

Computing Laboratory

• Unix and NT computers with appropriate software are available in the Computer Science Undergraduate Lab, Upson Hall Room 315/317. M.Eng. students may also use the MEng computing lab.

Assignments and Grading

The course has four major projects assignments, three of which include presentations.  These assignments will include both group work and individual work.  There will be a midterm and a final examination. The weightings given to these components are expected to be as follows, but these weightings may be changed:

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Last changed: September 6, 2000