Computer Science 390

Open Source Software Development: Course Syllabus – Winter 2012

Professor: Dr. Evans J. Adams, 178 EBH, 247-7211, Email: ADAMS_E@FORTLEWIS.EDU

Textbook: Ullman, Larry, PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites, 4^th Edition, ISBN:0-312-78407-3, Peachpit Press, 2012. – We will be using this text in Week 2 in class, so get your copy before then.

Prerequisites: The prerequisites for this course are CSIS 230, or CSIS 206, the Advanced Programming Courses in Java, or Visual Basic. Please check with the instructor if have not taken one of these courses in order to see if you qualify for a prerequisite override to enroll in the course.

Course Objectives: Familiarize the student with open source software development by learning to use common open source software development tools and by participating in an open source project.

Course Description: The source code for open source software is readily available so that it can be studied and/or modified. This is a project-based course on software development using open source software.  Students will join an Open Source project and contribute to the project.

Online Course Management System: We will be using Moodle, a course management system, in this class. Our use of Moodle may sometimes make students' names and FLC network IDs visible within the course website. We are using secure, password-protected, access to the course so your identifying information will be visible only to other students registered in the Moodle class. If you have concerns about the visibility of your identifying information, please contact me to discuss.