CSCI 421
Software Engineering Practicum

Course Description:

CSCI 421  Software Engineering Practicum    Three Credit Hours
     Prerequisite: CSCI 420
     A team-based project class to apply software engineering practices in a realistic environment. The purpose of the course is to give students an opportunity to construct real-world software in a group using standard software engineering practices.

Course Goal and Outcomes:

The goal of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to apply the theory and methods learned from the computer science curriculum to the development and installation of a real-world client defined software system.

Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to

• Formulate and set bounds for a problem suggested by a “real-world” client
• Design, implement and test a solution for a problem suggested by a “real-world” client
• Install and acceptance test a software system for a “real-world” client
• Write documentation associated with software development
• Choose and use appropriate software engineering methods and technologies during the software engineering process
• Work as part of a group to build a software system.

Projected Schedule:

Every Spring

Recent Syllabi:

Spring 2008, Rudolph