KSU/SPSU Consolidation Course Proposal for Curriculum
Fall 2014 Approval for Fall 2015 Implementation
College
Department
Program
Course Prefix and Number
Course Title
Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s)
Area
Course Description
Computing and Software Engineering
Software Engineering and Game Design and Development
Master of Software Engineering
SWE 6813
Component Based Software Development
3
SWE6623
__Area F __ Major Required _X_ Major Elective
This course covers the concepts, foundations, and architectures of
component-based software development (CBSD) and its related
technologies. Component-based tools and languages, approaches for
implementation of CBSD, including designing, building, assembling, and
deploying reusable COTS and in-house software components are
discussed in depth. The current concrete realizations of component
technologies will be explored. Students will do projects focused on the
life cycle of software components.
Learning Objectives for this
course
1. Understand, discuss, and apply the principles of component-based
software engineering
2. Understand, discuss, and apply the principles of model-driven
architecture
3. Understand, discuss, and apply the principles of service-oriented
architectures
None – elective.
Contribution of the course
to the program outcomes
Assessment plan and
process
We use FCARS – Faculty Course Assessment Reports – for every course
we teach, and then we have annual Assessment Retreats where we
assess how well each course has done over the previous 3 years. Each
course is evaluated and assessed at an Assessment Retreat in a threeyear cycle.
Instruction Delivery
Method
_x_ Traditional On Campus
_x_ Fully Online
__ Quality Matters Approved
__ Hybrid (describe) – It may be offered as half-web.
Jonathan Lartigue
This is required as in the past under SPSU; this was an existing course, so
no new funding is required, but funding to pay faculty to implement the
Proposal Lead Author
Funding Required
Lab Fees or special tuition
course is the same as it has been in the past at SPSU.
None
Sample Course syllabus:
SWE 6813 Component Based Software Development
Instructor : T.B.D.
Pre-requisite: SWE 6623
Text-Book(s):
1. John Cheesman and John Daniels, UML Components: A Simple Process for Specifying ComponentBased Software, Addison Wesley, 2001. ISBN 0201708515
2. Wang and Qian, Component-Based Programming, John Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN 0471644463
Catalogue - Course Description:
This course covers the concepts, foundations, and architectures of component-based software
development (CBSD) and its related technologies. Component-based tools and languages, approaches for
implementation of CBSD, including designing, building, assembling, and deploying reusable COTS and inhouse software components are discussed in depth. The current concrete realizations of component
technologies will be explored. Students will do projects focused on the life cycle of software components.
Course Goals/Outcomes:
1. Understand, discuss, and apply the principles of component-based software engineering
2. Understand, discuss, and apply the principles of model-driven architecture
3. Understand, discuss, and apply the principles of service-oriented architectures
Course Grades:
 Class participation and attendance: 5%
 Assessments (quizzes): 5%
 Assignments: 15%
 Proctored Tests: 20%
 Proctored Final Exam: 30%
 Project: 25%
Instructional Delivery Methods and Attendance Policy:
Courses will meet for lecture, with lectures recorded and available for viewing as recordings
(asynchronous). Lectures will include demonstrations. In-class laboratory experiences will include
explanation and lab process and expectations. This course may be available as a full distance-learning
course.
Course Requirements and Assignments:
The course will meet for traditional lecture. Students will be expected to meet for lecture, take all
exams and quizzes, participate in laboratory experiences and assignments, and complete and turn-in
laboratory or project reports as well as homework assignments for grading.
Academic Honesty Statement:
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as
published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses
the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating,
unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or
academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional
misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged
academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary
Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade
adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's minimum
one semester suspension requirement.
Students are encouraged to study together and to work together on lab assignments as per the
instructor’s specifications for each assignment; however, the provisions of the STUDENT CONDUCT
REGULATIONS, II. Academic Honesty, KSU Graduate Catalog will be strictly enforced in this class.
Students are required to work INDEPENDENTLY on homework assignments.
Schedule and Topic Coverage:
Week
Lecture Topic
1
Introduction to component systems;
4
3
2
6
7
8
Requirements definition; Component specification
Component identification
Component interaction
Provisioning and assembly, introduction to model-driven
architecture
Building models and metamodels, mappings, and elaboration
Service oriented architectures, services as building blocks
Preliminary project presentations
9
Introduction to COM/COM+
10
Introduction to EJB
11
Intro to web services; SOAP; REST; JSON;
12
COTS solutions; COTS myths and other lessons
13
Intro to CORBA; principles; rise and fall of CORBA
14
15
16
Final project presentations
Final project presentations; course review.
Final Exam
5
Reference
Wang and Qian, Chapter 1
Cheesman and Daniels, Ch. 1 & 2
Chessman and Daniels, Ch. 3,4,7
Chessman and Daniels, Ch. 5
Chessman and Daniels, Ch. 3 & 6
Chessman and Daniels, Ch. 8
Supplemental readings
Supplemental readings
Supplemental readings
None
Wang and Qian, Chapter 6
Supplemental readings
Wang and Qian, Chapter 3 & 4
Supplemental readings
Wang and Qian, Chapter 8
Supplemental readings
Supplemental readings
Wang and Qian, Chapter 5
Supplemental readings
None
None
As per Semester Schedule