Tentative Course Schedule
Week 1
9/1/2026
9/3/2026
Assignments: Sign up for github education account
Week 2
9/8/2026
Cont'd
Group presentations: Present project idea - the problem statement and solutions to it.
Assignments: Create Team Assignment due
9/10/2026
Requirements analysis, use case modeling, use case activity
Readings: Tips for Working Successfully in a Group by Randy Pau
(Optional) What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
Assignments: exercise1-use-cases.txt
Week 3
9/15/2026
Cont'd
9/17/2026
User interfaces, UI mockup activity
Readings: Rapid Prototyping (7 min video)
Group presentations: Present project idea - functional requirements and UI mockups
Assignments: Draft of functional requirements + UI mockups due
Assignments: Due date to schedule individual SWE presentation
Week 4
9/22/2026
Cont'd
9/24/2026
Chuseok Holiday
Week 5
9/29/2026
Readings: Architecture by Amy Ko
Assignments: Software requirements specification document
10/1/2026
Cont'd
Week 6
10/6/2026
Individual SWE Presentations I
10/8/2026
No class due to conference attendance
Week 7
10/13/2026
Cont'd
Individual SWE Presentations II
10/15/2026
(Optional) Mapping Objects to Relational Databases: O/R Mapping In Detail
(Optional) 6 Rules of Thumb for MongoDB Schema Design
Readings: Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names by Patrick McKenzie
Week 8
10/20/2026
Design reviews
Assignments: Present your data design + web view to class for review
Assignments: Data design + web views due
10/22/2026
Cont'd
Week 9
10/27/2026
Group presentations
Assignments: Software design presentations due
Assignments: Software design document due
10/29/2026
Readings: The Joel Test: 12 steps to better code by Joel Spolsky
Week 10
11/3/2026
Cont'd
Midterm review
11/5/2026
Midterm exam
Week 11
11/10/2026
Working effectively in software
Assignments: Project milestone 1
11/12/2026
Readings: Verification by Amy Ko
Assignments: Project milestone 2
Week 12
11/17/2026
Cont'd
11/19/2026
Readings: Debugging by Amy Ko,
Painless Bug Tracking by Joel Spolsky
Assignments: Project milestone 3
Week 13
11/24/2026
Reading day to prepare your final presentation (No Class)
Meet your group members and finish your project
11/26/2026
Reading day to prepare your final presentation (No Class)
Meet your group members and finish your projectÂ
Assignments: Project milestone 4 document due with beta release
Week 14
12/1/2026
12/3/2026
Final presentations II
Week 15
12/8/2026
Final presentations III (If needed) or Reading day (No Class)
Class End
12/10/2026
Due for Final Report and Presentation Slides Submission