Professor
André van der Hoek
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~andre
andre@ics.uci.edu
Office: Donald Bren Hall 5038
Phone: +1 949-824-6326

Logistics
Location: DBH 1300
Day and time: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:50

Catalogue Description
223 Applied Software Design Techniques (4). Study of concepts, representations, techniques, and case studies in structuring software systems, with an emphasis on design considerations. Topics include static and dynamic system structure, data models, abstractions, naming, protocols and application programmer interfaces.

Structure
The class will be discussion-oriented. Papers must have been read beforehand, and discussion will be seeded by questions, observations, and assertions from all students in the class. Course goals include:

• To know the theory of software design
• To become fluid in using a set of representative software design techniques
• To understand how to examine existing software designs
• To learn the practices of expert software designers

Case Study
Each student will perform a case study by adopting one software system that they will use to illustrate the techniques with concrete examples. Based on the case study, a few slides should be prepared weekly that illustrate the findings in the example system.

Design practice
Each student will engage in the design of several software systems (or parts thereof), putting the lessons learned into practice.

Grades
All students enrolled in the course will earn a letter grade based upon: (a) class attendance and participation, (b) questions, observations, and assertions that feed the discussions in class, (c) case study slides, and (d) design work.

Course Mailing List
To send mail: 37240-s17@classes.uci.edu
To view the archive: https://eee.uci.edu/classmail/s17/37240/

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
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