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Course Title
Informatics 121
Software Design I
Fall 2012

Professor
André van der Hoek
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~andre
andre@ics.uci.edu
Office: DBH 5228 (you may also find me in DBH 5038)
Phone: +1 949-824-6326

Teaching Assistant
Christian Adriano
adrianoc@uci.edu

Logistics
Location: ET 204
Lecture day and time: Monday and Wednesday, 11:00-12:20
Discussion day and time: Friday, 14:00-15:30 (note: in ET 202)

Catalogue Description
121 Software Design I (4). Introduction to application design: designing the overall functionality of a software application. Topics include general design theory, software design theory, and software architecture. Includes practice in designing and case studies of existing designs. Prerequisites: Informatics 45 or ICS 23/CSE23 or ICS 33/CSE43, with a grade of C or better and upper-division standing.

Grades
All students enrolled in the course will earn a letter grade based upon: (a) class attendance and participation, and (b) assignments, and (c) course projects.

Grade distribution will be as follows:

  • Readings: 10%
  • Design studio 1: 20%
  • Design studio 2: 10%
  • Video analysis: 10%
  • Design studio 3: 25%
  • Design studio 4: 25%

Course Mailing List
To send mail: 37050-f12@classes.uci.edu
To view the archive: https://eee.uci.edu/classmail/f12/37050//

Students with Disabilities
Any student who feels he or she may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss his or her specific needs. Also contact the Disability Services Center at (949) 824-7494 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

Copyright
The documents below are included to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work on a non-commercial basis and are for the sole use of students enrolled in Informatics 121. Copyright and all rights therein are maintained by the authors or by other copyright holders, notwithstanding that they have offered their works here electronically. It is understood that all persons copying this information will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. These works may not be resposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.

Schedule

Week Date Topic Slides Assignments
1 October 1 Design exercises Lecture 1 Reading 1 out (download text here)
October 3 Design exercises Lecture 2 Reading 1 due
Reading 2 out (download text here)
2 October 8 Defining design Lecture 3 Reading 2 due
October 10 Designing is difficult Lecture 4 Design studio 1, part 1 out
3 October 15 Design studio 1 Lecture 5 Design studio 1, part 1 due
October 17 Design studio 1 Lecture 6
4 October 22 Design studio 1 presentations Design studio 1, part 2 due
October 24 Design essence and tradeoffs Lecture 7 Video analysis out
5 October 29 Design studio 2 Lecture 8 Video analysis due
Papers for design studio available here and here)
October 31 Design studio 2 Lecture 9
6 November 5 Design notations Lecture 10
November 7 Design techniques Lecture 11 Design studio 2 due
Design studio 3, part 1 out
7 November 12 No lecture, Veterans Day)
November 14 No lecture, André traveling)
8 November 19 Design studio 3 presentations Design studio 3, part 1 due
November 21 Design studio 3 presentations
9 November 26 Design studio 3 Lecture 12 Design studio 3, part 2 out
November 28 Design studio 3 Lecture 13
10 December 3 Design studio 4 Lecture 14 Design studio 3, part 2 due
Design studio 4 out
December 5 Design studio 4
Finals week December 14, 08:00 - 10:00 Design studio 4 presentations Design studio 4 due
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