Syllabus

CS491B Software Design Lab

Spring 2005
Computer Science Department
California State University, Los Angeles

Lectures:

Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am - 11:30am, in E&T A210

Instructor:

Chengyu Sun
Email: csun@calstatela.edu
Office: E&T A317
Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:30pm, MW 4:10-5:10pm, and TR 4:10-6:10pm, or by appointment, in E&T A317

Course Description:

This the second part of a two-quarter software design lab, where each student must develop a non-trivial, individual project under the supervision of an instructor. During the six-month period, students will go through each stage of a project development cycle, from project ideas, requirement analysis, system design, to implementation, refinement, and presentation.

Prerequisites:

CS491A

Software Tools:

Required - Email
Optional (for access online lecture notes) - Adobe Acroread and/or MS PowerPoint

Grading Policy:

Project 60%, Presentation 15%, Technical Writing 15%, Midterm Demo 10%

Schedule:

Week	Topics
1	Administrative issues Project evaluation Effective Presentations Writing Project Reports
2-5	Presentations
6	Midterm Demos Project Report Draft Due
7-9	More Presentations
10	Final Presentations
11	Final Presentations Project Due

Online Resources:

Class home page - http://sun.calstatela.edu/~cysun/www/teaching/cs491b/index.html
Class forum - http://acm.calstatela.edu/forum/viewforum.php?f=45
Past CS491 projects - http://sun.calstatela.edu/~cysun/www/teaching/cs491/index.html

Academic Integrity:

Cheating will not be tolerated. Cheating on any assignment or exam will be taken seriously. All parties involved will receive a grade of F for the course and be reported to the Academic Senate.