Informatics 291S: Literature Survey in Software Engineering

Spring 2017

Professor: James A. Jones (jajones@uci.edu)

Office: DBH 5214

Office hours: After class, or by appointment

Location: DBH 1300

Lecture day and time: Mondays 2:00pm–3:20pm

EEE Dropbox: https://eee.uci.edu/toolbox/dropbox/index.php?op=openfolder&folder=495878

Catalog Description:

291s Literature Survey in Software Engineering (2). Reading and analysis of relevant literature in Software Engineering under the direction of a faculty member.

Grades

All students enrolled in the course will earn a letter grade based upon: (a) class participation, (b) weekly summaries, (c) practice questions.

1. •Class participation: 50%
   

2. •Weekly summaries: 40%
   

3. •Practice questions: 10%
   

Schedule (tentative)

Week 1 (Apr 3): Introduction

Week 2 (Apr 10): Testing part 1 (first 3 papers)

Week 3 (Apr 17): Testing part 2 (last 2 papers) and Usability

Week 4 (Apr 24): Hypertext and the Web

Week 5 (May 1): Coordination

Week 6 (May 8): Open Source and Formal Methods

Week 7 (May 15): Mining and Software Engineering Research Evaluation

Week 8 (May 22): Student Panel

Week 9 (May 29): No class. University holiday: Memorial Day

Week 10 (June 5): Date of the Phase II Exam. For those taking the exam, they will be in the examination room during class time. For those who are not taking the exam this quarter, we will meet and review the exam questions for this year.

Finalized date for the Phase II Exam: Monday, June 5, 9am to 4:30pm. Please contact Professor Jones and Marty Beach if you plan to take the exam this quarter.