3460:490 Course Information
- Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Must have completed at least 30 hours
of 3460 (computer science) courses.
- Objectives
- Discuss professional software development, surviving
"Mission Impossible" projects, computer ethics,
intellectual property rights (patents and copyrights), and other
current topics.
- Required Texts -
- Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change,
Kent Beck,
Addison-Wesley 2000, ISBN 0201616416
- How to Break Software: A Practical Guide to Testing,
James A. Whittaker, Pearson Education, Inc. 2003, ISBN 0201796198
- Cyber Ethics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace,
Richard Spinello, Jones and Bartlett 2000, ISBN 0763712698
- Grading Policies
-
Your grade will be based on a series of course
projects and homework.
- Hopefully you will
all meet the deadlines for all projects.
However, if you find it necessary to submit a project late, your grade will be reduced by 10%
per
day.
- All projects and homework assignments must be your own work.
Plagiarism,
undue collaboration, or other forms of academic
dishonesty may be reported to the Student Disciplinary
Office.
- Grading scale:
- A 90-100 B
80- 89 C 70- 79
D 60- 69 F
0- 59
- (+/- grades awarded at my discretion)
- Final Exam: None
- Last day to drop this class: Friday, March 7, 2003 - This
is the last day to withdraw without the instructor's
signature. I will not sign any withdrawal requests.
- Special Notice: Students
whose names do not appear on the university’s class list by January 27,
2003
will not be permitted to participate (attend class, take exams, or receive
credit.)
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