Course Goals

Fundamentals of software engineering using a group project as the basic vehicle. Topics covered include managing complexity, requirements specification, architectural and detailed design, testing and analysis, software process, and tools and environments.

Prerequisites

CSE 326 (data structures and algorithms).

CSE 341 (programming languages).

Catalog and Time Schedule

UW Catalog entry and the UW Time Schedule entry for CSE 403.

Course Format

The class meets three times a week for lectures and once for section. We will be reading from the text and other papers, and there will be a few individual homeworks and larger group projects. There will be a final exam.

Textbook

The required textbook is Rapid Development, S. McConnell, ISBN 1-55615-900-5