CS 373 — Software Engineering (Summer 2026)

Section

Unique #84645

Class: Mon/Wed/Fri 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM • GDC 4.302

Course dates: Friday, June 5 – Monday, July 27, 2026

No class: Friday, June 19, 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 Mac OSX.

Schedule

Tentative Course Schedule for CS 373, Summer 2026 (subject to change)
Week	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week 1 June 1–5, 2026	Mon, Jun 1	Tue, Jun 2	Wed, Jun 3	Thu, Jun 4	Fri, Jun 5 First class --- Syllabus --- Introduction --- Hello.py --- Assertions.py --- notes_1.txt --- Project #1 --- phase_I.txt
Week 2 June 8–12, 2026 Makefiles (Build Automation) --- Git Guide --- XP: Ch. 1-3	Mon, Jun 8 UnitTests1.py UnitTests2.py UnitTests3.py --- Coverage1.py Coverage2.py Coverage3.py --- notes_2.txt --- Project #1	Tue, Jun 9 Assignment #1	Wed, Jun 10 Project #1 --- Phase_II.txt --- Phase_III.txt	Thu, Jun 11	Fri, Jun 12 IsPrime2.py IsPrime2T.py notes_prime.pdf --- Object_Model.pdf --- Types.py --- Exceptions.py --- Operators.py --- notes_3.txt --- Assignment #2
Week 3 June 15–19, 2026 Paper #1: Continuous Integration --- XP: Ch. 4-6	Mon, Jun 15 Factorial.py FactorialT.py --- Reduce.py ReduceT.py --- notes_4.txt	Tue, Jun 16 Assignment #3	Wed, Jun 17 Project #2 ---- What is HTML, CSS and JavaScript? HTML CSS forms	Thu, Jun 18 Project #1	Fri, Jun 19 No class Juneteenth holiday
Week 4 June 22–26, 2026 Paper #2: Pair Programming --- XP: Ch. 7-10	Mon, Jun 22 Client_Server_Protocol GCP_deployment GCP_NameCheap --- Tutorial: React, GCP and Bootstrap	Tue, Jun 23 Assignment #4	Wed, Jun 24 Tutorial: Designing an API using Postman --- Flask Flask_code	Thu, Jun 25 Project #2	Fri, Jun 26 Iteration.py --- Comprehensions.py --- Yield.py --- notes_5.txt
Week 5 June 29–July 3, 2026 Paper #3: Agile Development -- XP: Ch. 11-13	Mon, Jun 29 Map.py MapT.py --- Postgresql --- SQLAlchemy_setup code --- notes_6.txt	Tue, Jun 30 Assignment #5	Wed, Jul 1 Project #3 --- Tutorial: React / Flask Interaction --- Introduction to DB ER Diagrams Mapping to Schema Handout DB Normalization	Thu, Jul 2	Fri, Jul 3 Tutorial: Implement an API and use Postman to test and document it. --- setup_postgres_GCP --- Unit_tests --- SQLAlchemy Relationship Demos code
Week 6 July 6–10, 2026 Paper #4: Team Collaboration (Git & GitHub) --- XP: Ch. 14-16 --- DD: Overview of Data Modeling (pp. 1-15)	Mon, Jul 6 Tutorial: Sorting, searching, filtering --- RangeIterator.py RangeIteratorT.py --- Range.py RangeT.py --- Iterables.py --- notes_7.txt --- Assignment #6	Tue, Jul 7	Wed, Jul 8 Project #4 --- FunctionKeywords.py FunctionDefaults.py FunctionUnpacking.py FunctionTuple.py FunctionDict.py --- notes_8.txt	Thu, Jul 9 Project #3	Fri, Jul 10 example_python_Docker --- closures --- Decorators.py DecoratorsT.py --- notes_9.txt
Week 7 July 13–17, 2026 Paper #5: SWE Interviews --- XP: Ch. 17-19 --- DD: UML Design (pp. 15-23)	Mon, Jul 13 Lambdas.py --- Functions.py --- RegExps.py --- notes_10.txt	Tue, Jul 14 Assignment #7	Wed, Jul 15 Select.py SelectT.py --- Project.py ProjectT.py --- CrossJoin.py CrossJoinT.py --- ThetaJoin.py ThetaJoinT.py --- NaturalJoin.py NaturalJoinT.py --- notes_11.txt	Thu, Jul 16 Project #4	Fri, Jul 17 JSON Person.json Person.schema.json --- MovieClasswork.json MovieClasswork.schema.json --- Bookstore.json Bookstore.schema.json --- ShowDatabases.[sql \| html] ShowGrants.[sql \| html] Create.[sql \| html] -- Select.[sql \| html] --- Join.[sql \| html] Joins.[sql \| html] --- Insert.[sql \| html] --- Delete.[sql \| html] Update.[sql \| html]
Week 8 July 20–24, 2026 Paper #6: Software Engineering Résumé Guide --- DD: The Relational Model and Relational Algebra (pp. 25-38)	Mon, Jul 20 Presentations	Tue, Jul 21 Assignment #8	Wed, Jul 22 Presentations	Thu, Jul 23 Technical Report	Fri, Jul 24 Presentations
Week 9 July 27, 2026 Paper #7: A Modern Joel Test	Mon, Jul 27 Presentations --- Last class	Tue, Jul 28	Wed, Jul 29	Thu, Jul 30	Fri, Jul 31

Notes:

Our Summer 2026 class runs from Friday, June 5, through Monday, July 27.
There is no class on Friday, June 19, 2026.
Canvas remains the authoritative source for assignment deadlines, project milestones, and readings.