Schedule

Schedule Overview

Week One: Technical and Professional Onboarding
Module One: Introduction to Software Engineering Knowledge and Skills
- Weeks Two through Five: Establish your technical and professional skills
- Week Six:
  - Monday: in-person assessment of individual developer development
  - Wednesday Class Session: in-person assessment of individual developer development
  - Wednesday Laboratory Session: take an executable examination
  - Friday: individual demonstration of project development
Module Two: Practical Software Engineering Knowledge and Skills
- Weeks Seven through Ten: Enhance your technical and professional skills
- Week Eleven:
  - Monday: in-person assessment of individual developer development
  - Wednesday: in-person assessment of individual developer development
  - Thursday: take an executable examination during the laboratory session
  - Friday: individual demonstration of project development
Module Three: Advanced Software Engineering Knowledge and Skills
- Weeks Eleven through Fifteen: Enhance your technical and professional skills
- Week Sixteen:
  - Wednesday, December 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM:
    - Details: Final Examination (Exam Code F)
    - Demonstrate technical and professional skills in software engineering:
      - Technical Skill Assessment:
        Use GitHub and GitHub Actions
        Use text editor and terminal window
        Implement and test Python functions
        Debug defective Python functions
        Confirm output of Python functions
        Covers all content in SE, FB, and DB
      - Professional Skill Assessment:
        Answer questions during in-person discussion
        Answer questions through a provided online form
        Covers all content in SE, FB, and DB

Textbook Abbreviations

Weekly Cadence

Monday: Professional Development
- Discuss the team’s executive summary and use their command-line software tool:
  - Team-based discussion of the week’s reading in SE
  - Individual and team-based preparation for next week’s SE reading
Wednesday: Technical Development
- Discuss the team’s executive summary and use their command-line software tool:
  - Team-based discussion of prior week’s reading in either FB or DB
  - Individual and team-based preparation for next week’s FB or DB reading
Wednesday: Project Development during laboratory session
- Collaboratively implement and deploy into production a software tool:
  - Sprint planning
  - Project implementation
  - Project demonstration
- At the end of each module, assessment in the form of:
  - Executable examinations and/or
  - In-person assessments
Friday: Developer Development
- Publish executive summaries to the Developer Development blog:
  - Publication of next SE executive summary
  - Publication of next FB or DB executive summary
  - Demonstration of project development for the week
  - Confirmation of readiness for next week’s in-class discussions
  - Assessment in the form of either:
    - Programming skill-checks
    - Software engineering knowledge-checks

Assessment Reminder

The Fall 2026 edition of Computer Science 203 has Exam Code F, which means that the final examination will take place on Tuesday, December 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM. Completion of the final examination must adhere to all of the policies in the Allegheny College Academic Bulletin and the Allegheny College Faculty Handbook. The final executable examination is cumulative in regards to the technical, professional, and project content previously covered between week one and week sixteen. This list describes the content that will be covered on the final executable examination, in-person assessment, and knowledge check.

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM: Executable Examination and In-Person Assessment Completed During the Designated Examination Period
- Demonstrate technical and professional skills in software engineering:
  - Use GitHub and GitHub Actions
  - Use text editor and terminal window
  - Implement and test Python functions
  - Debug defective Python functions
  - Confirm output of Python functions
  - Covers all content in SE, FB, and DB
  - Answer questions during in-person assessment
  - Answer questions through a provided online form