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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
Software management and processes with consideration of process
impact on cost, schedule, and development techniques.
This Online Learning course begins on August 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 December 11, 2016, 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
|
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"
- Collaborative discussions with other students regarding the
content of readings assigned for the course.
- Collaborative discussions with other students regarding the
content that goes beyond readings assigned for the course, but is
not part of work on the projects assigned on the syllabus.
- Collaborative development of generic technology that may be
useful for your project(s), but is not, in its generic form, part of
your project.
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:
- Doing the assigned reading.
- Working on the projects assigned on the syllabus.
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.
All deliverables (Activity Reports and Project Reports)
are due on their assigned dates .
- Deliverables submitted no more than one day late may be graded,
but with a 10% penalty .
- Deliverables submitted more than one day (24 hours) late will
receive a grade of zero.
- The Non-Direct Activity reports are part of the project reports.
The Non-Direct Activity reports do not receive a separate
grade, but are used to help in evaluating your project reports.
Use the Report Logs to help you to 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(team).
- Collaborative Projects: After your self-study, you
collaborate (via the Internet [email]) 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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What Do I Do?
- Subscribe to the course email listserv. Your professor can tell you how to do
this.
- Study the assigned material.
- Use the Report Logs to help you to manage your time and keep on
schedule. You should schedule your work evenly throughout the term.
- Write and read email messages about ideas, problems and
solutions to do with the assigned study material.
- Do the assigned work, deliver the assigned deliverables.
- Write and read email messages (to/from the listserv) about
ideas, problems, projects, and solutions to do with the assigned
homework.
- Review the deliverables 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".
Schedule of Assignments and Events (tentative)
Start Date
|
End Date
|
Activity/Event
|
August 23, 2016 |
December 12, 2016 |
Course in Progress |
August 23, 2016 |
September 18, 2016 |
Work on Project 1 |
|
September 18, 2016 Sunday! |
Direct Activity Report 1 due.
Project 1 due.
|
|
October 17, 2016 |
Project 2 due. |
|
October 31, 2016 |
Direct Activity Report 2 due.
|
|
November 21, 2016 |
Project 3 due. |
|
December 12, 2016 |
Direct Activity Report 3 due.
Project 4 due.
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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