Syllabus for SSE 661

Software Architecture

Summer Semester 2016

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You will need a suitable computer. The University's Computer Recommendations are appropriate for this course for Windows and OS X. If you use the Linux operating system this course, the recommendations for Windows computers will also be suitable for Linux.

Please see the Online Learning page for more information regarding expected student student access to the internet, and corresponding software.

Please see the Mercer's Distance Learning page for more information regarding expected student student access to the internet, and corresponding software.

Course Description

A course in software architectural design. All students will begin with a common core of software architectures and criteria for selecting them. Impact of software architectural choices on: availability, modifiability, performance, security, testability, and usability. Students will then explore architectures selected from among the many available.

This Online Learning course begins on May 23, 2016 at 12:00 am Eastern time. All assignments are due by the end (11:59:59 pm) of the specified calendar day in the Eastern time zone. This course ends at 11:59:59 pm on June 23, 2016, in the Eastern time zone.

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Course Objectives

Breadth and Depth in Defining, Analyzing, and Solving Complex Problems:

Communicate Technical Aspects ofcommunicate regarding the selection of appropriate software architectures to a Technical Audience:

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Prerequisite(s)

SSE 550 Object-Oriented Design I

This prerequisite provides one graduate-level 3 semester hour course in C++ or Java or C#.

Please see the Online Learning page for more information regarding expected student abilities and aptitudes.

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Class Location

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Grading

Item
Percent of Term Grade
Direct Activity Report 1
3
Direct Activity Report 2
3
Direct Activity Report 3
4
Project 1
20
Project 2
20
Project 3
25
Project 4
25

Credit will be given only for original work.

The Mercer University Student Handbook, including its provisions for academic honesty (including plagiarism), applies to all Mercer students.

Project reports are to be submitted complete, not as incremental partial submissions.

All course work time is categorized as either Direct or Non-Direct (but not both). More information about the Direct and Non-Direct categories is contained in the Direct and Non-Direct and Report Logs. Please read these pages very carefully.

Instruction Time

Federal and regional accreditation requirements stipulate that a 3-credit hour course must include 150 minutes of direct instruction time per week. For this course, that direct instruction time includes"

In addition to the 150 minutes of direct instruction time each week, students are expected to spend a minimum of 300 additional minutes per week completing reading and writing assignments:

More information about the Direct and Non-Direct categories is contained in the Direct and Non-Direct and Report Logs web pages. Please read these pages very carefully.

Use the Report Logs to help you to manage your time and keep on schedule. You should schedule your work evenly throughout the term. If you fall behind schedule for your Direct Activities, and you "catch up" by your last Direct Activity Report, your previous Direct Activity Report grades can be raised to reflect your success in meeting this requirement, provided that your previous Direct Activity Reports were submitted in a timely manner (no more than seven days after the assigned due date). Direct Activity Reports not submitted in a timely manner will receive a grade of 0 (zero) unless the professor has approved an extension in advance. The final Direct Activity report must be received by the assigned schedule date to be considered.

The Non-Direct Activity reports do not receive a separate grade, but are used to help in evaluating your project reports.

More information about project grading is contained in the General Project Rubric .

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    Assignments

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    Additional Information

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    Schedule of Assignments and Events (tentative)

    Start Date
    End Date
    Activity/Event
    May 23, 2016 June 24, 2016 Course in Progress
    May 23, 2016 May 31, 2016 Work on Project 1

    May 31, 2016 Project 1 due.

    June 1, 2016 Direct Activity Report 1 due.

    June 8, 2016 Project 2 due.

    June 13, 2016 Direct Activity Report 2 due.

    June 13, 2016 Project 3 due.

    June 24, 2016 Direct Activity Report 3 due.

    June 24, 2016 Project 4 due.
      June 24, 2016 Course ends. Firm date.

    Notes: The course begins at midnight (12:00 am) on the first day of class (see schedule above), and ends at 11:59:59 pm on the last day of class. Assignments are due at any time during the day specified on the schedule, that is, before 11:59:59 pm on that day. All times are Macon, Georgia (Eastern time zone) times.

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    Contact Information

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