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- Effective Term:
- Spring 2015 through Summer 2016
- Course Number:
- CIS 122
- Course Title:
- Software Design
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 30
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
On completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Translate simple real-world problems into programming algorithms applying a design methodology.
- Translate standard programming algorithms into a physical programming language that meets user requirements.
- Communicate algorithmic solutions to other programmers using a standard design methodology.
- Test a solution to a problem both before and after coding a physical solution.
Quantitative Reasoning
Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to analyze questions or problems that impact the community and/or environment using quantitative information.
Course Activities and Design
This course is presented with a combination of lectures and labs.
Students will be expected to complete assignments which include design, programming, and testing.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will complete the following assessments:
- Translate real-world problems to program designs
- Write algorithms that illustrate typical programming applications (some typical application examples follow):
- Counters & Accumulators
- Minimum & Maximum
- Common business/math/science problems
- Produce a design document in a standard format
- Develop test plan to prove solutions
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Outcome: Translate simple real-world problems into programming algorithms applying a design methodology.
Content that supports the outcome:
- Eliciting requirements
- Logic Constructs
- Sequence
- Selection/Alternation/If-Then-Else
- Repetition/Iteration/Looping
- Standard algorithms such as:
- Counters
- Accumulators
- Minimum / Maximum
- Design tools, such as:
- Pseudocode
- Flowcharts
- Modularity
- Cohesion
- Coupling
- Code reuse
Outcome: Translate standard programming algorithms into a physical programming language that meets user requirements.
Content that supports the outcome:
- Variables
- Declaration
- Assignment
- Data types
- Scoping
- Boolean and arithmetic expressions
- Functions
- Parameters
- Return values
- Input Validation
- Additional Programming Topics as required for programming assignments
Outcome: Communicate algorithmic solutions to other programmers using a standard design methodology.
Content that supports the outcome:
- Employing Standards for:
- Naming
- Indentation
- Design
- Code
- Design tools, such as:
- Pseudocode
- Flowcharts
Outcome: Test a solution to a problem both before and after coding a physical solution.
Content that supports the outcome:
- Interpreting pseudocode
- Program testing and debugging
Overall themes for the course:
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Creating software solutions from problem specifications
- Best practices
- Logical vs. physical solution
Related Instruction
Computation
Hours: 16- Translate simple real-world problems into programming algorithms applying a design methodology.
- Translate standard programming algorithms into a physical programming language that meets user requirements.
Direct instruction (+ study time) in discipline-related computations involving Boolean algebra and arithmetic expression construction and evaluation as applied in a specific programming language's type system.