General Catalog for 2009-10

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(SENG) Mathematics & Computer Science

2003.0 Introduction to Software Engineering.

Principles of software engineering: Requirements, design and testing.

Review of principles of object orientation; object oriented analysis

using UML. Frameworks and APIs. Introduction to the client-server

architecture. Analysis, design and programming of simple servers and

clients. Introduction to user interface technology. Pre-requisite:

CSCI 1064.

Fall

2013.0 Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction.

Psychological principles of human-computer interaction. Evaluation of

user interfaces, usability engineering, task analysis, user-centered

design, and prototyping. Conceptual models and metaphors. Software

design rationale. Design of windows, menus, and commands. Response

time and feedback. Color, icons, and sound. Internationalization and

localization. User interface architectures and APIs. Prerequisite:

SENG 2003.

Spring Even Yrs

3003.0 Software Construction.

General principles and techniques for disciplined low-level software

design. BNF and basic theory of grammars and parsing. Basics of lang-

uages. State-transition and table-based software design. Techniques

for handling concurrency and inter-process communication. Introduction

to middleware and performance tuning. Prerequisite:SENG 2003,MATH 2063

Spring Odd Yrs

3013.0 Software Design and Architecture.

An in-depth look at software design. Continuation of the study of

design patterns, frameworks, and architectures. Survey of current

middleware architectures. Component based and distributed design. De-

signing for qualities such as performance, safety, security, re-

usability, and reliability. Evaluation and evolution of designs.

Basics of softward evolution, reengineering, and reverse engineering.

Prerequisite: SENG 3003.

Fall Odd Yrs

3033.0 Software Quality Assurance and Testing.

Quality: how to assure it and verify it, and the need for a culture of

quality. Avoidance of errors and other quality problems. Inspections &

reviews. Testing, verification and validation techniques. Quality

process standards. Product and process assurance. Problem analysis &

reporting. Statistical approaches to quality control. Prerequisite:

SENG 2003; MATH 2063.

Spring

3043.0 Software Requirements Analysis.

Techniques for discovering & eliciting requirements. Languages &

models for representing requirements. Analysis & validation

techniques, including need, goal, and use case analysis. Requirements

document standards. Traceability. Human factors. Requirements manage-

ment: handling requirements changes. Prerequisite: SENG 2003.

Fall

4003.0 Software Project Management.

Project planning, cost estimation, and scheduling. Work Breakdown

Structure. Project management tools. Productivity metrics. Analysis

of options & risks. Release & configuration management. Software

contracts & intellectual property. Case studies of real industrial

projects. Prerequisites: SENG 3033, 3043.

Fall

4013.0 Software Engineering Capstone.

Development of significant software system, employing knowledge gained

from courses throughout the program. Includes development of require-

ments, design, implementation, and quality assurance. Students may

follow any suitable process model, must pay attention to quality

issues, and must manage the project themselves, following all appro-

priate project management techniques. Success of the project is

determined in large part by whether students have adequately solved

their customer's problem. Prerequisite: SENG 4003. [CAC-O and CAC-W]

Spring