Winter Quarter 2013
Course Code 37400
Last update: March 6, 2013
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Instructor: |
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Email: |
(taylor [at] ics [dot] uci [dot] edu) |
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Office hours: |
After class, or by email appointment |
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Lectures: |
Monday and Wednesday 2:00-3:20 DBH 1300 |
| Web site: | http://www.ics.uci.edu/~taylor/classes/221/syllabusWQ13.html |
Description - Textbook and Readings - Schedule - Grading - Policies
Catalog description: Study of the concepts, representation techniques, development methods, and tools for architecture-centric software engineering. Topics include domain-specific software architectures, architectural styles, architecture description languages, software connectors, and dynamism in architectures.
Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice. Richard N. Taylor, Nenad Medvidovic, and Eric M. Dashofy. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (ISBN-13: 978-0470-16774-8)
The schedule is subject to change.
| Week | Date | Topic | Readings | Homework | |
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| 1 | J A N U A R Y | 7 Mo | Introduction | Chapter 1 | |
| 9 We | Chapter 2 & (Perry and Wolf, 1992) | ||||
| 2 | 14 Mo | Basic Concepts and Introduction to Design "...perhaps the reason for such slow progress in the development and evolution of software systems is that we have trained carpenters and contractors, but no architects." Perry&Wolf, 1992 |
Chapters 3 & 4 | ||
| 16 We | |||||
| 3 | 21 Mo | MLK Holiday --- No class | Chapters 4 & 5 | ||
| 23 We | Design | Homework/Project assigned (via email) | |||
| 4 | 28 Mo | Connectors, Modeling & Visualization | Chapters 6 & 7 | ||
| 30 We | |||||
| 5 | F E B R U A R Y | 4 Mo | Applied Architectures and Styles | Chapter 11 | |
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| 6 | 11 Mo | Software architectures and intellectual property specification | |||
| 13 We | Parts 1 & 2 of project due | ||||
| 7 | 18 Mo | President's Day --- No class | |||
| 20 We | Adaptation | Chapter 14 | |||
| 8 | 25 Mo | REST --> CREST --> COAST | |||
| 27 We | Guest lecturer: Eric Dashofy | Eric's slides |
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| 9 | M A R C H | 4 Mo | Domain-specific software engineering | Chapter 15 | |
| 6 We | Parts 3, 4, and 5 of project due | ||||
| 10 | 11 Mo | Demos & discussion of selected student assignments | |||
| 13 We | In-class exam | ||||
Grading.
There are 3 elements to your grade: a final exam, homework/project, and class
attendance and participation.
Summary of Assessment:
| Homework/Project | 70% |
| Final exam | 20% |
| Class attendance and participation | 10% |
No grades of incomplete (I) will be given for this course.
Course Evalutions. The online evaluation window for winter quarter will run from TBA through TBA.
Cheating. The UCI academic honesty policy applies. Consequences of cheating in this class: a letter in your UCI file, and the course grade is lowered, most likely to F. Material that is copied from books or Web pages needs to be quoted and the source must be given. If you plagarize, you run the severe risk of failing the class, in a most disgraceful manner.
Disabilities. Any student who feels he or she may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability, religious observance (or anything else) should contact me privately to discuss his or her specific needs. If appropriate, contact the Disability Services Center as soon as possible.
Use of Social Media during Class Sessions. Sadly, many students have adopted the practice of using instant messaging, Facebook, or other social media technologies inside the classroom. This is, at a minimum, disruptive to other students. The practice is therefore prohibited in 221. I reserve the right to totally forbid use of the Internet and cellular communications —even the use of any laptop— in class if it turns out that students violate the prohibition. "Let's not go there."