The objective of the course is to provide students with a working knowledge of the underlying foundations of object-oriented design and analysis and the current state of practice. Object-oriented analysis involves developing conceptual models of the problem domain of a software product. Object-oriented design involves developing models of the software solution to the problem clarified during analysis, and constructing programs that implement the design models. A fundamental objective of the course is for students to learn to think in terms of objects, so that they can identify the objects in a system and assign responsibilities to system components.

The topics covered in this course are listed below (subject to change, not in exact order, as time permits):

• Java coding style and idioms.
• Object-oriented analysis and design.
• Problem analysis.
• Conceptual modeling.
• System behavior modeling.
• Software architecture.
• Design modeling.
• Design patterns.
• Refactoring.