Brittany Johnson, Ph.D.

Software Testing (SWE 637)
Fall 2022

Class meeting time: Thursdays, 4:30 - 7:10 pm
Location: Horizon Hall 1010
Office hours (currently virtual): Tuesdays, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Course Syllabus

Schedule

AO-Chapter x means chapter x in the Ammann and Offutt textbook.

Date	Topic	Readings & Handouts	Quizzes & Assignments	In-Class
Meet 1 Thu 8/25	Overview and Intro to Testing	AO Chapter 1 Class Overview Why Test?
Meet 2 Thu 9/1	Model Driven Test Design	AO Chapter 2 Slides	Assign 1 due	In-class
Meet 3 Thu 9/8	Test Automation	AO Chapter 3 Lecture Slides		In-class
Meet 4 Thu 9/15	Agile & Criteria-based Testing	AO Chapter 4 (Lecture, Slides) AO Chapter 5 (Lecture, Slides) AO Chapter 12 (Lecture, Slides)	Assign 2 due	In-class
Meet 5 Thu 9/22	Input Space Coverage	AO Chapter 6 slides + exercises
Meet 6 Thu 9/29	Input Space Coverage Extended Exercise	AO Chapter 6 slides + exercises
Meet 7 Thu 10/6	Graph Coverage	AO Chapter 7.1 & 7.2 Slides	Assign 3 due	In-class
Meet 8 Thu 10/13	Graph Coverage for Source Code	AO Chapter 7.3 Slides		In-class
Meet 9 Thu 10/20	Semantic Logic Coverage	AO Chapter 8.1 Slides	Assign 4 due	In-class
Meet 10 Thu 10/27	Syntactic Logic Coverage	AO Chapter 8.2 Slides		In-class
Meet 11 Thu 11/3	Applying Logic Criteria	AO Chapter 8.3 Slides	Assign 5 due	In-class
Meet 12 Thu 11/10	Syntax Coverage & Mutation Testing	AO Chapter 9 Slides		In-class
Meet 13 Thu 11/17	Guest Speakers	Wing Lam (GMU) Marcelo d'Amorim (NCSU)
Thu 11/24	No class -- Thanksgiving Break! 😎
Meet 14 Thu 12/1	Class Wrap-Up and Review Final Exam Preview		Assign 6 due
Thu December 8 4:30 - 7:15 pm	FINAL EXAM Mason's final exam schedule