ACIS 5534
Systems Development
Dr. Linda Wallace
 Office: Pamplin 3092
 E-mail: wallacel@vt.edu
 http://www.acis.pamplin.vt.edu/faculty/wall
ace/5534/
 Office Hours: TTH 9:30 am-10:45 am
(unless noted otherwise in class)
 Office Phone: 231-6328
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Required Materials
 Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s
Approach, 6th ed, Roger S. Pressman,
McGraw-Hill, 2005
 Other course readings to be announced.
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Prerequisites
 ACIS 4515 or
 ACIS 5504
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Course Approach
 Active learning (lecture, discussion, out-ofclass assignments)
 If you miss a class
 you are still responsible for turning assignments
in on time.
 you should contact one of your classmates
(NOT your professor) to find out what you
missed.
 See someone in Pamplin 1046 if you must
miss class for an extended period of time
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Grading:
Exams (2 @ 100 pts each)
Case Analysis
Class Participation & Assignments
Total
200
50
50
300
See syllabus for grading scale.
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Policies for assignments
 All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the
due date.
 Late assignments will not be accepted for any reason.
 No “extra credit” assignments will be given. Grades will
be based on the grading criteria established in the syllabus
 Do not make requests for policy exemptions in front of
other students (e.g. more time for an assignment,
rescheduling exams, being late to class when an
assignment is due, etc.). If you do, they will be denied. If a
matter is important enough for you to ask for an
exemption, then you should contact me privately.
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VT Honor Code
The Honor Pledge - “I have neither given nor
received unauthorized assistance on this
assignment”
The Honor Code expressly forbids:
 Cheating , Plagiarism and Falsification
All assignments and exams are to be completed
individually unless specifically stated otherwise.
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Exams
 No alternate exam times will be scheduled without prior
approval and valid documentation.
 Job interviews are not considered acceptable reasons for
missing an exam.
 Make arrangements with the companies you are interviewing for
other days
 A list of exam dates is shown on the class schedule
 If you are too ill to take an exam you must have a note
from the doctor explicitly stating that you are too ill to
attend classes.
 Exams are the property of the professor and should never
be removed from the classroom.
 If you are not currently registered in the class you cannot
take an exam.
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Class Participation
 Occasionally assignments will be assigned in one
class period and be due at the beginning of the
next class period. If you are absent you are still
responsible for completing the assignment by the
assigned due date. These assignments are part of
your participation grade.
 Your participation grade will also be affected by
your participation in class discussions and your
attendance.
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Other Policies
 E-mails sent to me before 5pm (Monday through
Friday) will usually be answered by the end of the
same day.
 E-mails sent to me after 5pm (Monday through
Friday) or on the weekend will not necessarily be
answered the same day.
 I will schedule appointments with students outside
of my regularly scheduled office hours if they have
a conflict with my scheduled hours and if I am able
to be available. The more notice I have for an
appointment, the better the chance that I can be
available.
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Special Accommodations
 Students requiring special accommodations
throughout the semester (include during
tests) should notify the professor during
office hours of the first week of the
semester.
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Important Dates
2/28 - Exam 1
5/5 - Exam 2
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