Instructor Information

Class Schedule

Lecture

  TR 9:30 - 10:45 AM,   MCH 201

Recitation

Course Requirements:

Prerequisite Course

• COP 3330: Object Oriented Programming

Course Website:

• http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~myers/cop3331

Textbooks:

• Object-Oriented Software Engineering, 2nd ed., Bruegge and Dutoit.
  ISBN: 0-13-047110-0

Course Description

This course introduces you to programming in Java, object oriented design as well as concepts in software engineering and ethics in computer science. Most importantly, this course focuses in on the important activities that should precede the writing of computer code. We will buil on many of the concepts and procedures you learned in the previous courses. In the previous courses, you were acquainted with the fundamental concepts of computer science.

Thus far, you have dealt with small, relatively well-defined problems. In the world of commerce and industry, technological issues and problems are much larger and more complex. These problems are well beyond the scope of a single individual. Software engineers, in collaboration with others, often spend much of their time brainstorming, discussing, and creating documentation of problems and problem solutions (often incorporating complex diagrams), and a relatively small amount of time writing code.

Java will be introduced in this course as a means to illustrate the practices of object oriented design and as a mechanism to illustrate design features.

Analysis and design are two of the key activities involved in software development. These activities can be carried out using a number of different methods and tools. Many modern software development methods are based around the object-oriented approach. It is this approach that we will focus upon in this course, and it is assumed you are already familiar with the basic principles of object orientation.

It is important to recognize that there is no one right or wrong way to develop software. Two companies can organize the process of development very differently, yet both may produce successful systems. The overall efficiency of the development process is more critical to the success of the project than the particular method or tool that is used. In order to be efficient, software developers need to give as much consideration to their development process as they do to the product.

In this course, you will gain practical skill in analysis and design that will complement your skills in programming. You will learn about the problems of and approaches to developing large computer systems, and will acquire an understanding of what constitutes a development methodology. In this course, students will gain practice in developing object-oriented designs to solutions of problems and then converting those designs into code.

This course is designed to complement the programming course COP 3330: Object-Oriented Programming, in which you have gained the programming experience needed to convert completed designs into computer executable code.

Course Objectives:

1. Be able to describe the concepts of Object Oriented Design and Programming techniques
2. Write small Object Oriented style Java Programs using the current Java SDK
3. Understand the issues of ethics in field of Computer Sciences
4. Describe and explain the main stages, methods, tools, techniques, and problems involved in systems and software engineering.
5. Explain the main concepts and goals of analysis and design.
6. Demonstrate practical skill in the use of an analysis and design notation using the Uniform Modeling Language (UML)
7. Be able to translate UML design into actual code.
8. Become proficient in the use of a UML tool such as Rational Rose

Grading Policy:

Letter Grade Scale:

Tests:

Test Dates: (Test 1 and 2 tentative)

Link to Spring 2007 Final Exam Schedule

Recitation / Quizzes

Assignments

• Assignment instructions will be posted on the course web page
• Turn in all assignments on time! Late assignments will be accepted one day after the due date, with the deduction of a letter grade (10%). Assignments more than a day late will not be accepted.

Miscellaneous Policies:

1. A student will be allowed to make up a missed test if he or she has a notice of illness from the Student Heath Center or family physician. Any other excuses that are not medical or emergency related will be at the discretion of the instructor, and must be approved in advance.
2. It's your responsibility to check the web page frequently. It will be continually updated with essential course materials, including assignments, notes outlines, instructions on course tools, etc.
3. Please turn OFF all cellular phones, beepers, etc. in the classroom.
4. COP 3330 is a PREREQUISITE for this course. Students who have not taken this course will be dropped without notice.

Academic Honor Code:

• Students are expected to do their own work on any classwork or test submitted for a grade (unless designated as a group assignment).
  • It is NOT appropriate to work on assignments with other students or to give or receive solutions to or from anyone before an assignment is due and handed in (by all parties).
  • Discussing solutions and techniques on assignments with other students after the assignment has been graded and handed back is okay, and encouraged.
  • When you turn in work with your name on it, you are representing that work as your own. If your submission matches that of another student, this is considered a violation of the Academic Honor Code.
• If a group project is given, then names of all group members would appear on the single program submission. This is appropriate
• Examples found in the course textbook may be used in programs, as long as the source is cited. This is appropriate, as some hand-in assignments may be based on program examples found in the book or contain other code that is provided to you in the assignment specification
• A first violation of the honor code will result, at minimum (but not limited to), a penalty of a 0 grade on the assignment or test involved, along with a reduced letter grade in the course.
• Any second violation of the honor code will result in an automatic F in the course, and possible proceedings before the Honor Court.

Accommodation of Disabilities: