Software Engineering

COMPSCI W169A

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Professors Armando Fox and Michael Ball

What’s with the different CS169 courses?

CS 169A (offered most frequently) is the basic 3-unit intro to agile software engineering. In summer it is offered as a fully-online, largely-asynchronous course; during the semester it may be fully-online/asynchronous or hybrid. CS 169 satisfies the EECS/CS design course requirement.
CS 169L is a 1-unit project course that has CS 169A (or CS 169 Classic) as a pre-req, or equivalent knowledge (i.e.we’ll interview you using material typical of a CS169A final). CS 169L is an elective that may be repeated for credit but is not necessary to satisfy the EECS/CS design course requirement.
CS 169 “classic,” offered infrequently, is a 4-unit combination of CS 169A+169L.

Getting Started

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Introduction to Software Engineering (Fall 2020)