CS 430: Applications Software Engineering (Fall 2023)

David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Course Outline

If you wish to enroll in the course, either use QUEST or contact a computer science advisor (not a mathematics advisor). The instructor cannot help with registration issues. To contact your instructor about other matters, see below.

Office Hours

For any questions concerning the course material, please connect with me during my scheduled office hours. Times listed below are in Waterloo (Eastern) Time. If the hours posted below do not suit you, then please contact the instructor directly to schedule an appointment.

name	time	place
Instructor Collin Roberts (cd2rober@uwaterloo.ca)	Thursdays (up to December 14), 15:00-17:00, Friday, December 15, 14:00-16:00, or by appointment.	DC 3108, or on MS Teams (In-person students will take precedence over students on MS Teams, if there is a conflict.)

Grading Scheme

Class Participation (proportion of 75% of iClicker answers during the lectures)	5%
Crowdmark Assignments	20%
Case Studies on Kritik	15%
Mid-Term Exam (2023-10-30, 16:30-18:20)	20%
Final Exam (will be scheduled by the Registrar)	40%

Notes:

All work is to be done individually. The penalty for plagiarism on assignments (first offense) is an assigned mark of 0 on the assignment and a 5% reduction of the final grade, consistent with School of Computer Science policy.
In addition, a letter detailing the offense is sent to the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, meaning that subsequent offences will carry more severe penalties, up to suspension or expulsion.
If you miss the midterm without a valid justification (e.g. an illness supported with a Verification of Illness Form, a death in your immediate family, etc.), you will receive a grade of 0 on the midterm.
You must pass the weighted Exam portion of the course (the Mid-Term Exam and the Final Exam) in order to pass the course.
Here are the details about how the grades for class participation will work:
- There will be some iClicker questions during each lecture.
- You may answer using a hardware iClicker, or on a piece of paper which will submit to me at the end of the lecture.
- Your class participation grade, updated weekly on LEARN, will be the proportion of 75% of the available questions, which you have answered so far, to a maximum of 5.
- Correctness of your answers will not matter; only the number of questions which you answer will matter.
Here are the details about how late Crowdmark assignments will be handled:
- For full credit, you must submit your solutions by the specified due date and time.
- A 5% late penalty will be applied for each hour that you are late in submitting.
- If you have submitted anything before the deadline, then Crowdmark will not let you re-submit after the deadline passes. This means that you must decide whether to exercise your option to submit late before the deadline, and refrain from making a partial submission in this case.

Resources

All course materials will be posted on this website or the LEARN site. Assignments, and model solutions will also be provided.

Mental Health

If you or anyone you know experiences any academic stress, difficult life events, or feelings like anxiety or depression, we strongly encourage you to seek support.

Note for students with disabilities

UW's AccessAbility Services office (AAS), located in Needles Hall, Room 1401, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the AAS at the beginning of each academic term.

Academic Integrity and Students with Disabilities

Academic Policies

This course adheres to the UW Senate's statement of academic integrity, specifically:

Academic Integrity

In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. All members of the UW community are expected to hold to the highest standard of academic integrity in their studies, teaching, and research.

The Office of Academic Integrity's website contains detailed information on UW policy for students and faculty. This site explains why academic integrity is important and how students can avoid academic misconduct. It also identifies resources available on campus for students and faculty to help achieve academic integrity in—and out of—the classroom.

Grievances

A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70-Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4.

Discipline

A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing academic offenses, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offense, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offenses (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about rules for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course professor, academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. When misconduct has been found to have occurred, disciplinary penalties will be imposed under Policy 71—Student Discipline. For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71—Student Discipline.

Avoiding Academic Offenses

For information on commonly misunderstood academic offenses and how to avoid them, students should refer to the Faculty of Mathematics Cheating and Student Academic Discipline Guidelines.

Appeals

A student may appeal the finding and/or penalty in a decision made under Policy 70—Student Petitions and Grievances (other than regarding a petition) or Policy 71—Student Discipline if grounds for an appeal can be established. Read Policy 72—Student Appeals.