First session of SEIS 610 Software Engineering was 2 weeks ago. I was immedaitely impressed by our instructor (C. Lai). He put up easy to read slides, and spoke toward them, not reading them word for word. He spoke for the entire 6-1/2 hour class, giving us instruction on the term’s group project, and the first 2 assignments, as well as enlightening the class about a “new” (read: different) type of programming called “Genetic Programming”. Very interesting topic.
The instructor isn’t boring so far, and seems to include some humor every now and then. It’s a subtle, dry wit he has.
He’s indicated there will be 2 closed-book exams, and several assignments. The term project is a programming project, but the majority of it will be doing the usual SDLC stuff, like writing the requirements document, the functional specification. The program itself is semi-tricky, and I could whip it out in ALGOL, but going to have to find a couple of team mates who know how to really code in JAVA.
Keeping my fingers crossed – about this class. Really excited so far.
