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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 January 6, 2020 at (12:00) 8:00 am Eastern time. All assignments
are due by the end (11:59:00 pm) of the specified calendar day in the Eastern time zone. This course ends at
11:59:00 pm on April 28, 2020, in the Eastern time zone.
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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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Grading
Item
|
Percent of Term Grade
|
Project 1 |
25
|
Project 2 |
25
|
Project 3 |
25
|
Project 4 |
25
|
Credit will be given only for original work.
The Office of the Provost's "Academic Integrity page
includes a link to the Graduate Honor Code, which covers
issues such as plagiarism. Please take a good, careful look at
the Graduate Honor Code. Plagiarism is not acceptable in this, or
any, course.
Project reports are to be submitted complete, not as
incremental partial submissions.
Instruction Time
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.
Please begin logging your time as specified on these pages, starting
wherever you are in the course when you receive this notice (via Canvas). These
logs will not be deliverables for this course.
All deliverables are due on their assigned dates .
- Deliverables submitted no more than one day late may be graded,
but with a 10 point penalty .
- Deliverables submitted more than one day (24 hours) late will
receive a grade of zero.
Manage your time and keep on
schedule. You should schedule your work evenly throughout
the term.
More information about project grading is contained
in the General Project Rubric .
If you have a question about any of this, please ask.
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Additional Information
- Asynchronous Learning Nets (ALNs):
- Self Study: You study the texts and any other course study
material on your own.
- Collaborative Projects: After your self-study, you
collaborate (communicating via whatever means the team
members find acceptable) with your partner(s) to
produce a team product. Your collaborative work is substantial,
asynchronous, and rapid.
- This course is an online learning course. Please read this
Online Learning web page
regarding online learning in this course and this program.
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Subscribe to the course MS Teams team Login in to the course on
Canvas before the second day of class. You will receive an invitation to join this group.
- Study the assigned material.
- Write and read
MS Teams Canvas messages about ideas, problems and
solutions to do with the assigned study material.
- Do the assigned work, deliver the assigned deliverables.
- Write and read
MS Teams Canvas messages about
ideas, problems, projects, and solutions to do with the assigned
homework.
- Review the deliverables, which will be made available in the
"Files" section of the course on Canvas, produced by other people.
Changes to this Syllabus:
There will be changes to this syllabus, so check back
frequently, and don't forget to hit "Reload" or "Refresh".
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Schedule of Assignments and Events (tentative)
Start Date
|
End Date
|
Activity/Event
|
January 6, 2020 |
April 28, 2020 |
Course in Progress |
|
January 6, 2020 |
Login in to the course on Canvas. |
January 6, 2020 |
February 3, 2020 |
Work on Project 1 |
|
February 3, 2020 |
Project 1 due
|
|
March 2, 2020
|
Project 2 due |
March 16, 2020 |
March 20, 2020 |
Classes Suspended for Public Health |
|
March 23, 2020 |
Classes Resume, online, as before. |
|
March 30, 2020
|
Project 3 due |
|
April 28, 2020 |
Project 4 due
Course ends
|
This Online Learning course begins on January 6, 2020 at (12:00) 8:00 am Eastern time. All assignments
are due by the end (11:59:00 pm) of the specified calendar day in the Eastern time zone. This course ends at
11:59:00 pm on April 28, 2020, in the Eastern time zone.
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