| Winter 2005 (Section 01) | 
| Course Schedule Winter 2005 - Evolving Schedule (Changes will be announced in class, reading here does not substitute for attendance. Important changes will eventually be posted here only for your convenience and reference. ) | 
| Week # | Dates | Readings | Activities | Due Dates | |||||||||
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| 1 | 3 Jan 5 Jan | Chapter 1 and 2 of Johnson text. Read Petroski text. Peruse Cal Poly policy on cheating. | Introductions week1-slides | Reaction paper on Petroski text will be due next week. 
Intro 2 minute talk topic is due on Wednesday. | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 Jan 12 Jan | SE Code of Ethics, 10 Commandments of Computing , RUP (Cal Poly Responsible Use Policy.) | Discussion of basic issues, Petroski text.  Teams
formed for lab development project. | Petroski reaction paper (good
example here) due on Wednesday.  Format
discussed in class | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 Jan (off!) 19 Jan | Chapter 3 and 7 of Johnson. Weyuker paper on "Nontestable Programs" | Discussion of Johnson and Weyuker paper | Holiday on 17 Jan.  Topic proposal due on Wednesday | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 Jan 26 Jan | Software as experiment, Chapter 5 of Johnson, Therac-25 article. | Responsibility for harm: do we have a stake? | Teams present formal progress reports on Wednesday | |||||||||
| 5 | 31 Jan 2 Feb | MIDTERM on Weds. Therac-25 Investigation | Discuss the social implications of very technical problems. | Midterm on Wed, 2 Feb. Indicate preference for presentation
date (one class in 7th, 8th or 9th week.) DRAFT of first half of termpaper due for review this next week! Keep working. | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 Feb 9 Feb | Read Chapter 4 of Johnson | Teams present progress reports: suggestions. Draft of paper due on Monday this week. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 14 Feb 16 Feb | Assigned paper - how ethical is our own Software Engineering program? | Papers due first class next week. | ||||||||||
| 8 | 21 Feb (off!) 23 Feb | Read Chapter 5 of Johnson, California Penal Code section 502 | Papers due | Papers due week 8 in class. Wonderful example of a
paper for your information.   Presentations begin
next week. (Slides must be preapproved one day in advance of
presentation with a penalty of 10% for no approval.) | |||||||||
| 9 | 28 Feb 2 Mar | Read Chapter 6 Johnson.  IP. | Presentations begin.  10 minute limit, penalty of 10 %
for main presentation going beyond 10 minutes. | ||||||||||
| 10 | 7 Mar 9 Mar | Read Chapter 9 Johnson, Social Implications. | Final lab deliverable: lab objectives, resources required, reference list, detailed instructions, lab manual entry, sample lab writeup. | ||||||||||
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| FINAL | FINAL: 17 Mar (Thu) | Final Exam | 
 
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Clark Savage Turner.
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January 2004; last updated January 2005.