Instructor : Sampath Jayarathna, Web: http://www.cpp.edu/~ukjayarathna
Contact : Office: 8-46, Email: ukjayarathna@cpp.edu, Phone: (909) 869-3145
Office Hours : Monday and Wednesday, 1.00 PM – 3.00 PM, or email me for an appointment
Schedule : Monday and Wednesday, Room: 8-348, Time: 4.00 PM – 5.50 PM
Website : http://www.cpp.edu/~ukjayarathna/f16/cs480
Piazza : www.piazza.com/csupomona/fall2016/cs480/home
Blackboard
: https://blackboard.cpp.edu/
The CS 480, Software Engineering is an introductory survey course on the fundamental concepts and principles that underlie current and emerging methods, tools, and techniques for the cost-effective engineering of high-quality software systems. The course aims to focus on the topics that are practical to software development in the industry today.
Current
Catalog Description:
Models of the software development process and metrics. Software
requirements
and specifications. Methodologies, tools and environments.
Human-computer
interaction. Software design and architecture. Project management. Cost
estimation. Testing and validation. Maintenance and evolution.
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
I have an open door policy i.e., office visits. My posted office hours are times when I will make concerted effort to be available. Occasionally administrative meetings or emergencies may interfere with these posted times. The open door policy is: if my door is open, I am in and welcome walk-in visitations. In order to encourage you to find my office, the first assignment is due at the drop box next to my office 8-46.
I am
committed to supporting
students with disabilities. If you have challenges related to these
issues or
others I want to work with you to help you succeed. Please come and
talk to me,
since only you can properly communicate your situation to me.
It is extremely important for you to be engaged in the course. Otherwise, you will fall asleep and wonder what happened to your tuition dollars. So, I encourage you to ask questions during lecture and actively participate at the piazza forum. For the first few weeks, when asking a question at the class, state your name so that I know who you are.
Cell phones: You may have cell phones in class, but they must be on mute, or airplane mode and not answered until the end of class.
Tardiness: You are
expected to arrive on
time so that you do not cause a disruption in the middle of class. I
would like
to start the class at the scheduled time. If you cannot make it on time
or want
to leave early for some reason, please let
me know. Persistent tardiness will
be noted
Piazza: All questions will be fielded through Piazza. The primary benefit is that for many questions everyone can see the answer and other students can answer as well. I will endorse good student responses. Additionally, I expect you to actively participate in online discussions at Piazza. Over the course of the quarter, you should post at least one substantive, interesting post to the discussion forum. You must also respond to at least four posts made by others. You can also post private messages that can only be seen by the instructor. You will be signed up with your cpp email, but you may switch to another email.
Blackboard: Blackboard will be used primarily for assignments/homework, extra credit submission and grade dissemination.
Email:
If you send email to me, please
be sure to include your name and the course number in the body of the
e-mail.
You should also use an appropriate subject line that looks like “CS480
Project”
etc. Failure to follow these guideline may result in delayed
response. Again, email should only be used in rare
instances, I will probably point you back to Piazza if you have a
question
related to course materials and/or relevant to other students in the
class.
The class meets two times a week for lectures (Monday and Wednesday). A major component of the course is teamwork on a group project. Individual work includes reading slides, homework assignments, exit tickets and a final exam.
The
scores you receive on the
various graded tasks in the class will be weighted as follows:
| 50% | Project: Proposal (5), Requirements and Design (10), Bi-Weekly Status Reports (10), In-class presentation and Demo (10), Final Report (15), |
| 30% | Final Exam |
| 15% | Homework Assignments |
| 5% | Exit Tickets |
| 1% | Extra Credit |
| 101% | Your Total Score for the class |
Project: For the project, you will work in teams of either 3, 4 or 5 students on a problem of your choosing that is interesting, significant, and relevant to Software Engineering. The ultimate goal of your course project is to develop a new tool to tackle some interesting real-world problem. At the end of the quarter, we will hold a competition during our regular class time for your project demonstration. All members of a group will receive the same grade on group work. Therefore, it is in your interest to choose other group members (ideally, first day of the class if possible) who have the same goal in the class as you do. It is also in your interest to work together and ensure that all tasks are completed effectively. Your scores on group work may be adjusted based on your contribution.
Final Exam: The final exam is comprehensive, closed books and will be held on Monday, December 5 from 4.00 pm to 5.45 PM. You may bring one standard 8.5" by 11" piece of paper with any notes you deem appropriate or significant (front and back). No calculators, iPads, iPhones, Blackberries, Android phones/tablets, or abacuses are allowed.
Homework: We will have five homework assignments, each worth 3% of your overall grade.
Exit Tickets: Attendance in class and participation in the discussion are both important to your success in the course. As one crude measure of your participation, you will have around 5 to 10 low-stress ungraded quick online quizzes (less than 5 minutes each) spread across the quarter usually at the very end of the class time. These quick quizzes will not be graded for correctness. I will use them to gauge what topics we need to devote more time to and as an indicator that you were in class.
Extra
Credit: You can
get up to one point added to your final grade through culture reports
that
broaden your exposure to computer science, or user study evaluation
participation. You can submit up to two reports, and each is worth
one-half
point. Details for participating for user studies, selecting material,
writing,
and submitting the extra credit is on the course website. Note:
Borderline
grades will not be boosted if extra credit is not submitted.
Final course grades are based on the overall average. You are guaranteed a grade based on a 10% window (e.g., 90-100% is an A). Overall class grade (not the individual grade) windows may be increased in size if the instructor finds it appropriate.
A:
90-100, B+: 85-89, B: 80-84, C+: 75-79, C: 70-74, D+: 65-69, D: 60-64,
F: 59 and
below
All project milestone reports, homework assignments, extra credit are due at the beginning of class in all required forms (e.g., paper and/or submit on blackboard) on the due date. Changes to a submission’s due dates will be avoided because they are unfair to those students who have organized their time to complete the assigned work. Individual accommodations will be discussed if you have a valid medical excuse.
Project milestone due dates will be set to give ample time for completion of the project and will not be extended save for the unexpected and unlikely major, long-lived catastrophe. Start projects early--last minute computer malfunctions will not be accepted as a reason for delaying a project report due date. For team project milestone reports, only 1 report from the group required. It is you responsibility as a group to choose which team member responsible for the submission. Unless otherwise noted, all project milestone reports should be submitted on paper at the beginning of the class.
An exam missed without an acceptable excuse will be recorded as a grade of zero (0). There will be no makeup examination. If you have a valid medical excuse, the missing component of your grade will be computed based on the other parts of the course content. E.g.: A missed final exam with acceptable excuse will be assigned the average grade of all other components, at the option of the course instructor.
Homework assignments must be turned in by the due date and time in order to contribute to your grade. Each late submission will incur a 10 points penalty per day. No submission will be accepted after 3rd day and will be recorded as a grade of zero (0). There will be no makeup for homework assignments. If you have a valid medical excuse, the missing component of your grade will be computed based on the other parts of the relevant course content. E.g.: A missed homework with acceptable excuse will be assigned the average grade of all other homework components, at the option of the course instructor. Unless otherwise noted, all homework assignments should be submitted via the Blackboard at the beginning of the class.
There will
be no make ups for
exit tickets, and a zero will be recorded for all missing exit ticket
grades.
However, to accommodate illness and other things that life can throw at
you,
only 85% of either will be considered full credit.
Scholarly dishonesty, especially plagiarism, will not be tolerated. Plagiarism is defined as "Failing to credit sources used in a work product in an attempt to pass off the work as one's own. Attempting to receive credit for work performed by another, including papers obtained in whole or in part from individuals or other sources." Students found to have engaged in plagiarism will be punished severely, typically earning an automatic F in the course and being reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Integrity. The Office of Student Conduct & Integrity investigates issues of student misconduct to determine if there has been a violation of the Student Conduct Code. If students are found responsible for a violation, students receive educational sanctions which can range anywhere from warnings to expulsion from the California State University system.
For the homework assignments, you may talk to any other class member or work in groups to discuss the problems in a general way. However, your actual detailed solution must be yours alone. If you do talk to other students, you must write on your homework assignment who it is that you discussed the problems with. Your submitted work must be written solely by you and not contain work directly copied from others.
Homework
Collaboration Clarification:
To clarify, your homework assignment is yours alone and you are
expected to
complete each homework independently. Your solution should be written
by you
without the direct aid or help of anyone else. However, I believe that
collaboration and team work are important for facilitating learning, so
I
encourage you to discuss problems and general problem approaches (but
not
actual solutions) with your classmates. If you do have a chat with
another
student about a homework problem, you must inform me by writing a note
on your
homework submission (e.g., Bob pointed me to the relevant section for
problem
3). The basic rule is that no student should explicitly share a
solution with
another student (and thereby circumvent the basic learning process),
but it is
okay to share general approaches, directions, and so on. If you feel
like you
have an issue that needs clarification, feel free to contact me.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities.
If
you have a physical or a learning disability, please talk to me
privately
and/or contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at 909-869-3333.
The
location is at Bldg 9-103 to coordinate course accommodations. For
further
information, visit the DRC website at http://www.cpp.edu/~drc/index.shtml