CS 4500 — Software Development

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath WIusually offered: falltypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional

Considers software development as a systematic process involving specification, design, documentation, implementation, testing, and maintenance. Examines software process models; methods for software specification; modularity, abstraction, and software reuse; and issues of software quality. Students, possibly working in groups, design, document, implement, test, and modify software projects.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - CS 3100 (min D-)
  - CIS 310M
  - CS 3500 (min D-)
- one of:
  - ENGW 1102 (min C)
  - ENGW 1111 (min C)
  - WRIT 201M

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	3	88	120	73%	10.7
Fall 2024	4	83	160	52%	19.3

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 80% · F 0%

Common patterns: MWR (80% of sections), MW (20% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Matthias Felleisen (55% of students) · reviews
Benjamin Lerner (45% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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