{"id":11647,"date":"2015-10-19T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=11647"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:12:23","slug":"cs473","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs473\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Software Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Introduction to Software Engineering<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 473 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-O\">Digital\/Multimedia Expression<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-N\">Oral and\/or Signed Communication<\/li><li class=\"cf-hub-area-3\">Teamwork\/Collaboration<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t<p>Prerequisites: MET CS 342 or consent of instructor. Techniques for the construction of reliable, efficient, and cost-effective software. Requirement analysis, software design, programming methodologies, testing procedures, software development tools, and management issues. Students plan, design, implement, and test a system in a group project. Laboratory course. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital\/Multimedia Expression, Oral and\/or Signed Communication, Teamwork\/Collaboration.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS473A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>T<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>KCB<\/td>\n\t<td>107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/04\/Syllabus_CS473-673_SC1_2025_Summer_Alex_Elentukh.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/CS673-syllabus-2.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/05\/Syllabus_CS473-673_SC1_2026_Summer_Alex_Elentukh-1.pdf\">CS473 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/syllabus.pdf\">473 A1 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/08\/CS673-syllabus-2.pdf\">473 A1 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/04\/Syllabus_CS473-673_SC1_2025_Summer_Alex_Elentukh.pdf\">CS473 SUM25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/673-473-syllabus-1.pdf\">CS473 FALL24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/08\/CS473_673A1_Fall2023.pdf\">CS473 FALL23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS473-F1_Spring-2022_Intro-Soft-ENG.docx\">CS473 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/06\/MET-CS-473-673-2021-Czik.pdf\">CS473 SUM21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/07\/MET-CS-473-2020-Czik.pdf\">CS473 SUM20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/01\/Syllabus_CS473_EX_2020_Spring_Alex_Elentukh.pdf\">CS473 SP2020<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS473_EX_Spring-2018.pdf\">CS473 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2016\/04\/CS473_EX_Spring-20161.pdf\">CS473 SPRG16<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Online<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS473 SUM26473 A1 SPRG26473 A1 FALL25CS473 SUM25CS473 FALL24CS473 FALL23CS473 SPRG22CS473 SUM21CS473 SUM20CS473 SP2020CS473 SPRG18CS473 SPRG16 Online Blended &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2828,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":95,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11647"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31843,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11647\/revisions\/31843"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}