Schedule

Lecture: MW 2:00-3:20pm (Aug 24 – Dec 7), NCS 120 Office hour: MW 1-2pm NCS 351

The schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Date	Topic	Comments
Aug 24	Course Overview (Syllabus)
Aug 26	Free session: Team up and brainstorm
Aug 31	Free session: Team up and brainstorm
Sep 2	Lecture: Milestone reviews and presentations
Sep 7	No class	Labor Day
Sep 9	Lecture: Software Modeling, Diagrams, Spec Driven Dev
Sep 14	Milestone 1: Proposal and Requirements
Sep 16	Milestone 1: Proposal and Requirements
Sep 21	Presentation 1: User Experience (UI/UX and user study)
Sep 23	Presentation 2: Architecture and Tech Stack
Sep 28	Milestone 2: Design and Setup
Sep 30	Milestone 2: Design and Setup
Oct 5	Presentation 3: Prompt Engineering and AI-Assisted Development
Oct 7	Presentation 4: API Design and Documentation
Oct 12	No class	Fall break
Oct 14	Presentation 5: CI/CD and DevOps
Oct 19	Milestone 3: MVP
Oct 21	Milestone 3: MVP
Oct 26	Presentation 6: Software Testing
Oct 28	Presentation 7: Debugging and Observability
Nov 2	Milestone 4: Feature-Complete
Nov 4	Milestone 4: Feature-Complete
Nov 9	Presentation 8: Software Security and Secure Coding Practices
Nov 11	Presentation 9: Software Maintenance, Technical Debt and Refactoring
Nov 16	Milestone 5: Testing and Integration
Nov 18	Milestone 5: Testing and Integration
Nov 23	Presentation 10: Responsible and Ethical Tech
Nov 25	No class	Thanksgiving break
Nov 30	Milestone 6: Final Demo
Dec 2	Milestone 6: Final Demo
Dec 7	Poster Session	Last day of classes