2024 Faculty Courses School of Computing Undergraduate major in Computer Science
Software Design and Quality
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Computer Science
- Instructor(s)
- Shinpei Hayashi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Mon / 7-8 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CSC.T361
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Purpose]
Students learn practical skills about software design and software quality improvement.
[Overview]
Students learn through practical training techniques and practical skills about software design, software construction and refinement by using object-oriented design etc. Make experiences in the usefulness of these techniques.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students learn skills to analyze development targets from multiple perspectives, design and share the conceptual model of the target software as a hierarchical module structure, and explain and improve quality. Acquire skills to perform a series of software development such as design, implementation, and testing.
Keywords
Functional independence, Modularity, Object-oriented design, UML, Ｐatterns, Software testing, Quality, Software configuration management, Metrics, Refactoring, Java
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class consists of lectures explaining the concepts and techniques and exercises to train to apply techniques to simple examples.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to software development processes and fundamentals of software design | Understanding basic concepts of software development processes and software design |
| Class 2 | Modularization and functional independence | Understanding software modularization |
| Class 3 | Modeling of static structure and dynamic behavior | Drawing UML class and sequence diagrams |
| Class 4 | Exercise of software modeling | Using software modeling techniques |
| Class 5 | Design principles of object-oriented software | Understand how to apply design principles |
| Class 6 | Software patterns | Understanding basic ideas of software patterns |
| Class 7 | Exercise of software design | Using software design techniques |
| Class 8 | Fundamentals of software evolution | Understanding basic concepts of software evolution |
| Class 9 | Software configuration management | Understanding software configuration management |
| Class 10 | Software testing | Understanding software testing |
| Class 11 | Exercise of software testing | Using software testing techniques |
| Class 12 | Refactoring | Understanding refactoring techniques |
| Class 13 | Software quality | Understanding software quality attributes |
| Class 14 | Exercise of refactoring | Using refactoring techniques |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterward (including assignments) for each class. They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None. Slides of lectures are available via T2SCHOLA.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Robert C. Martin, Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices, Pearson Higher Education (2013)
Martin Fowler, Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (1st Ed.), Addison-Wesley (1999)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Small assignments (45%) and midterm and final assignments (55%).
Related courses
- CSC.T273 ： Object-Oriented Programming
- CSC.T364 ： Workshop on System Design
- CSC.T375 ： Workshop on System Implementation
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of object-oriented programming languages. Programming experience in Java language. All examples in the lecture will be provided in Java.