CISC 475: Object-Oriented Software Engineering

Catalog Description:
Introduction to object-oriented software engineering concepts, methodologies and tools. Requirement analysis, design and implementation of object-oriented software development process using the UML. Students will be presented with several real-life examples and homework projects to cover all aspects of object-oriented lifecycle, from requirements to coding in C++ and Java.

Current Texts:
Applying UML and Patterns - An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Craig Larman
Prentice-Hall, 1998

Goals:
To study, understand and implement the fundamental object-oriented software engineering concepts and provide a deep knowledge of object-oriented specification, design and coding of complex software systems by using the Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Content:

• Introduction to object-oriented Software Engineering (SE) Concepts
• Large Scale software development process
• SE lifecycle phases
• SE analysis and design methodologies: Object-oriented analysis and design, evolvable rapid prototyping
• Object-oriented modelling using the UML: Requirement analysis, Object-oriented specification process, object-oriented design process, object-oriented implementation process
• Object-oriented design patterns
• Object-oriented layered software architectures
• Development and mapping user interface layer onto domain layer
• Introduction to software verification and validation
• Homeworks, a major group project as well as three formal exams.

Required Background: CISC220 and CISC 280. Good programming skills, especially on C++ and Java. Senior or first year graduate standing in CIS or EE.