CS 330e — Elements of Software Engineering I (Fall 2026)

Section

Unique number: 84645

Class: Mon/Wed 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM • WAG 101

Course dates: Monday, August 24 – Monday, December 7, 2026

No classes: November 23 - 27, 2026

Resources

Start Here

Setup instructions for UTCS access, Python, Git, coverage, and required tools.

Git Guidance

Git configuration, cloning, pushing, branching, merging, and common repository workflows.

Unix/Linux Commands

Searchable command reference for working in the Linux shell on UTCS machines.

Python Setup

Install Python 3.12.x, preferably Python 3.12.3, on Windows or Mac OSX.

UTCS Access

Connect to UTCS machines from Windows or MacOS.

Schedule

Tentative Course Schedule for CS 330e, Fall 2026 (subject to change)
Week	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week 1 August 24–28, 2026 Makefiles (Build Automation)	Mon, Aug 24 First class --- Syllabus --- Introduction --- notes_1.txt	Tue, Aug 25	Wed, Aug 26 Hello.py Assertions.py --- notes_2.txt --- advice_classwork.txt	Thu, Aug 27	Fri, Aug 28
Week 2 August 31–September 4, 2026 XP: Ch. 1-3	Mon, Aug 31 Make Utility Tutorial Classwork	Tue, Sep 1	Wed, Sep 2 Git and GitLab Tutorial Classwork --- Assignment #1	Thu, Sep 3	Fri, Sep 4
Week 3 September 7–11, 2026 Git Guide --- XP: Ch. 4-6	Mon, Sep 7 No Class – Labor Day	Tue, Sep 8	Wed, Sep 9 example_Docker.txt --- Project #1 --- phase_I.txt	Thu, Sep 10	Fri, Sep 11
Week 4 September 14–18, 2026 Paper #1: Pair Programming --- XP: Ch. 7-10	Mon, Sep 14 Project #1 --- Unit Tests Tutorial Classwork --- notes_3.txt --- Assignment #2	Tue, Sep 15	Wed, Sep 16 UnitTests1.py UnitTests2.py UnitTests3.py --- Coverage1.py Coverage2.py Coverage3.py --- Project #1	Thu, Sep 17	Fri, Sep 18
Week 5 September 21–25, 2026 Paper #2: Agile Development -- XP: Ch. 11-13	Mon, Sep 21 Project #1 --- phase_II.txt --- phase_III.txt --- Assignment #3	Tue, Sep 22	Wed, Sep 23 Factorial.py FactorialT.py --- notes_6_prime.docx --- IsPrime1.py IsPrime1T.py --- IsPrime2.py IsPrime2T.py --- notes_4.txt	Thu, Sep 24	Fri, Sep 25
Week 6 September 28–October 2, 2026 Paper #3: Team Collaboration (Git & GitHub) --- XP: Ch. 14-16	Mon, Sep 28 Project #1 --- CS330e_object_model Types.py --- notes_5.txt	Tue, Sep 29	Wed, Sep 30 Exceptions.py --- Operators.py --- notes_6.txt	Thu, Oct 1	Fri, Oct 2
Week 7 October 5–9, 2026 Paper #4: Continuous Integration --- XP: Ch. 17-19	Mon, Oct 5 Variables.py --- Reduce.py ReduceT.py --- notes_7.txt	Tue, Oct 6	Wed, Oct 7 Iteration.py --- Yield.py --- Map.py MapT.py --- RMSE.py RMSET.py --- notes_8.txt	Thu, Oct 8 Project #1	Fri, Oct 9
Week 8 October 12–16, 2026 Paper #5: A Modern Joel Test	Mon, Oct 12 Comprehensions.py --- Iterables.py --- FunctionKeywords.py FunctionDefaults.py FunctionUnpacking.py FunctionTuple.py FunctionDict.py --- notes_9.txt --- Assignment #4	Tue, Oct 13	Wed, Oct 14 Test 1 (Oct 14)	Thu, Oct 15	Fri, Oct 16
Week 9 October 19–23, 2026 Paper #6: Why Bro Culture Still Thrives in STEM	Mon, Oct 19 Project #2 --- Cycle.py CycleT.py --- Count.py CountT.py --- Repeat.py RepeatT.py --- Chain.py ChainT.py	Tue, Oct 20	Wed, Oct 21 RangeIterator.py RangeIteratorT.py --- Range.py RangeT.py --- closures --- notes_10.txt	Thu, Oct 22	Fri, Oct 23
Week 10 October 26–30, 2026 XP: Ch. 20-21	Mon, Oct 26 Lambdas.py --- Decorators.py DecoratorsT.py --- Functions.py --- notes_11.txt --- Assignment #5	Tue, Oct 27	Wed, Oct 28 JSON --- Person.json Person.schema.json Person.schemaRestricted.json --- dict_file.py --- notes_12.txt	Thu, Oct 29 Project #2	Fri, Oct 30
Week 11 November 2–6, 2026 XP: Ch. 22-23 --- Paper #7: What Developers Wish They Learned in College	Mon, Nov 2 Project #3 --- What are HTML, CSS and JavaScript? HTML CSS --- Assignment #6	Tue, Nov 3	Wed, Nov 4 CSS Revisited --- forms --- Client_Server_Protocol	Thu, Nov 5	Fri, Nov 6
Week 12 November 9–13, 2026 --- Paper #8: Women and Leadership in Tech	Mon, Nov 9 Flask --- Assignment #7	Tue, Nov 10	Wed, Nov 11 Flask_code	Thu, Nov 12	Fri, Nov 13
Week 13 November 16–20, 2026 Paper #9: SWE Interviews	Mon, Nov 16 API_scraping.pptx api.py	Tue, Nov 17	Wed, Nov 18 RegExps.py --- notes_13.txt	Thu, Nov 19 Project #3	Fri, Nov 20
Week 14 November 23–27, 2026	Mon, Nov 23 Thanksgiving: No Class	Tue, Nov 24	Wed, Nov 25 Thanksgiving: No Class	Thu, Nov 26	Fri, Nov 27
Week 15 November 30–December 4, 2026 Paper #10: Software Engineering Résumé Guide	Mon, Nov 30 Select.py SelectT.py --- Project.py ProjectT.py --- CrossJoin.py CrossJoinT.py --- ThetaJoin.py ThetaJoinT.py --- notes_14.txt	Tue, Dec 1	Wed, Dec 2 NaturalJoin.py NaturalJoinT.py --- Introduction to SQL --- notes_15.txt	Thu, Dec 3	Fri, Dec 4
Week 16 December 7–11, 2026	Mon, Dec 7 Test 2 (Dec 7)	Tue, Dec 8	Wed, Dec 9	Thu, Dec 10	Fri, Dec 11

Notes:

Our Fall 2026 class runs from Monday, August 24, through Monday, December 7.
There is no class on November 23-27, 2026.
Canvas remains the authoritative source for assignment deadlines, project milestones, and readings.