CIS 453
		   Software Specification and Design
                               Fall 2011

Instructor:  Ernest Sibert
	     4-206-L-B CST, x3110
	     eesibert@ecs.syr.edu

Office hours:   by appointment, but see me in recitations.


Assistant:   Andrew Henderson  Office hours:  M  5:30-7:00
	     anhender@syr.edu  	      	      T  3:30-5:00
	     SciTech 0-125		      Th 3:30-4:30

Text:

	Sommerville, I.  Software Engineering (9th ed.).  Addison-Wesley
	(Pearson).  ISBN: 0-321-31379-8

	[This text will be used in CIS 454 as well.]


	On-line course notes and other materials will be kept on the ECS
	Unix system at
			/home/eesibert_r/cis453

	which may also be accessed as

			gimli::eesibert_r/cis453

	This material will be updated as the term progresses.


References:

        Bass, Len, Paul Clements, Rick Kazman.  Software Architecture in
          Practice (2nd ed.).  Addison-Wesley, 2003.  ISBN: 0-321-15495-9

	Davis, Alan M.  Software Requirements Objects, Functions, and
	  States (Revision).  Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ,
	  1996, ISBN 0-13-805763-X

	http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/writing/
	softwarerequirementspecs.html

        http://www.software-engin.com  (Sommerville web site)


Prerequisite:

	CIS 351 (Data Structures) or equivalent


Dates to notice:

        Monday,    29 Aug.      Classes begin
	Monday	    5 Sept.	Labor day (no classes)
	Tuesday,    6 Sept.	Late registration/schedule adjustment ends
	Tuesday,   25 Oct.	Midterm exam
	Sunday,    20-27 Nov.	Thanksgiving break (no classes)
	Friday,	    9 Dec.	Last day of classes
	Friday,	   16 Dec.	Final Exam


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		   *           Midterm exam           *
		   *        Tuesday, 25 October       *
                   *         2:00 pm - 3:20 pm        *
                   *             SIMS 331             *
                   *         See midterm.notes        *
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                   *                                  *
                   *            Final Exam            *
                   *        Friday, 16 December       *
		   *         8:00 am - 10:00 am       *
                   *            SIMS 331              *
                   *                                  *
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