Welcome!

This is the home page for Sections 1 and 5 of CS 4530 (Fundamentals of Software Engineering) in the Fall 2023 semester. These sections will share the same syllabus and lecture notes and follow the same schedule. For Sections 2, 4, 6, and 7 see here.

All materials associated with this course (lecture notes, videos, etc.) will be made available through Canvas.


Meeting Times & Locations

Section 1 Tue/Fri 9:50am-11:30am Shillman Hall 325 (SH 325)
Section 5 Tue/Fri 1:35pm-3:15pm Shillman Hall 325 (SH 325)

Instructor

Frank Tip


Office Hours:

Teaching Assistants

Max Bernstein


Office Hours:
Satyajit Gokhale


Office Hours:
  • Monday 9am-10am @ Zoom here (or see Canvas for link to Zoom meeting)
  • Friday 4pm-5pm @ Zoom here (or see Canvas for link to Zoom meeting)

Farideh Khalili


Office Hours:
  • Tuesday 4pm-5pm @ Zoom here (or see Canvas for link to Zoom meeting)
  • Friday 8.30am-9.30am @ Zoom here (or see Canvas for link to Zoom meeting)

Michelle Thalakottur


Office Hours:

Communication

  • Course materials will be distributed via Canvas Most materials will be in the Lectures and Modules tabs. Assignments will be in the Assignments tab. Some materials may be in the Studio or the Files tab.

  • We will use Piazza for questions about assignments, logistics, etc. Sign up here. We may auto-enroll you based on the information we get from the Registrar, but that's not definite.

Textbooks

There are no required textbooks for this course, but you may find the following books helpful: Note: NU students have free online access to most or all O'Reilly books via the NU Library. Go to https://www.oreilly.com/library-access/ and follow the links. If asked to select your institution, select "None of the Above", which is the first item on the menu, and log in with your northeastern.edu email address. This will get you full access, and will also keep track of your favorites, etc.

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