Wurst (Proposal)

Revision as of 20:43, 15 September 2014

Summary

Developing syllabus, learning activities and materials for two Computer Science courses - CS 348 Software Process Management and CS 401 - Software Development Process (to be replaced in the future by CS 448 Software Development Capstone).

Target Venue

• CS 348 Software Process Management (Spring 2015)
  • Project management including planning, progress measurement, estimation, and risk assessment. Functional and non-functional requirements. Software licenses, contracts and intellectual property.
• CS 401 Software Development Process (being taught for the last time in Spring 2015, becoming CS 448 (see below) in Spring 2016)
  • This course deals with software as an engineered product that requires planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing and maintenance.
  • CS 448 Software Development Capstone Concentration.
    • Development of a significant software system, following appropriate project and team management techniques. Requirements, design, implementation, quality assurance, professional, social and ethical issues.

CS 401 is being offered for the last time in Spring 2015 as the last course in our old CS Major. It is intended to be a capstone project course, and has been used as a software project course after having had a course in software design.

This two-course sequence has been replaced by a four-course Software Development Concentration. Most of the topics in those two courses are being distributed through the first three courses and the capstone course being where the material is applied. So, most of the materials that I will be developing for CS 401 for Spring 2105 will be reused for CS 448 in Spring 2016 and beyond.

Target Student Audience

• CS 348 Software Process Management
  • Second Semester Junior, CS Majors in Software Development Concentration. Second course in the Software Development Concentration.
  • 24 students
• CS 401 Software Development Process (being taught for the last time in Spring 2015, becoming CS 448 (see below) in Spring 2016)
  • Second Semester Senior, CS Majors. Last course our old CS Major.
  • 24 Students
• CS 448 Software Development Capstone Concentration.
  • Second Semester Senior, CS Majors in Software Development Concentration. Final course in the Software Development Concentration.
  • 24 Students

Learning Activities

< Provide a general description of the activities you plan to develop. How many activities will there be? What types? (labs, homework assignments, projects, etc.) What outcomes do you expect? What specific products will you have to share at the end? (lab instructions, grading rubrics, homework assignments, etc.) Note: we only expect basic information at this point since the activities are not developed yet.>

Evaluation

I am interested administering the software engineering version of your pre and post surveys. They are already approved by our campus' IRB through January 2015, and I can easily get a one-year extension on the approval.

Schedule

Both courses will be taught in Spring 2015. I am developing syllabi, materials and learning activities in Fall 2014 while I am on sabbatical. I will administer the pre survey in January 2015, and the post survey in May 2015. Materials will be shared as they are created through GitHub. Evaluation of the overall courses will take place over the summer in 2015, to prepare for revision of the materials for Spring 2016.

Budget

$3000

Contact Information

Karl R. Wurst, kwurst@worcester.edu