Modern Software Engineering with GenAI
Fall 2025
Instructor: Chiké Abuah
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Labs
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Slides
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Project Info
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Textbook & Other References
The primary textbook we will use for this course is available online here
Other resources will be assigned for additional reading in D2L.
Course Description
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Schedule
Class Meetings: MWF
Start Date: Sept 29, 2025
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Sep 29 | Course Introduction: Modern SE |
| Wed Oct 1 | Course Introduction pt. 2 | |
| Fri Oct 3 | LLM Output Configuration | |
| 2 | Mon Oct 6 | LLM Output Configuration Lab |
| Wed Oct 8 | Prompting Techniques | |
| Fri Oct 10 | Prompting Techniques Lab | |
| 3 | Mon Oct 13 | Advanced Prompting Techniques |
| Wed Oct 15 | Service Day | |
| Fri Oct 17 | Advanced Prompting Techniques Lab | |
| 4 | Mon Oct 20 | Project: Kickoff; Agile; Scrum |
| Wed Oct 22 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | |
| Fri Oct 24 | Project: Update | |
| 5 | Mon Oct 27 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation pt. 2 |
| Wed Oct 29 | Multimodal Prompting | |
| Fri Oct 31 | Project: Update | |
| 6 | Mon Nov 3 | Tokenization & Code Representation |
| Wed Nov 5 | Ethics & Risks in AI-Augmented SE | |
| Fri Nov 7 | Project: Update | |
| 7 | Mon Nov 10 | Agentic Misalignment Lab |
| Wed Nov 12 | Attention, Transformers, Thinking Models | |
| Fri Nov 14 | Project: Update | |
| 8 | Mon Nov 17 | Misalignment Lab pt. 2 |
| Wed Nov 19 | Project: MVP Presentations | |
| Fri Nov 21 | Project: Update | |
| 9 | Mon Nov 24 | No Class (Thanksgiving Break) |
| Wed Nov 26 | No Class (Thanksgiving Break) | |
| Fri Nov 28 | No Class (Thanksgiving Break) | |
| 10 | Mon Dec 1 | Advanced RAG (for Code) |
| Wed Dec 3 | Advanced RAG (for Code) Lab | |
| Fri Dec 5 | Project: Update | |
| 11 | Mon Dec 8 | Advanced RAG (for Code) Lab pt. 2 |
| Wed Dec 10 | Project: Reflection | |
| Fri Dec 12 | Course Wrap-Up + Alignment | |
| 12 | Mon Dec 15 | Finals Week |
| Wed Dec 17 | Finals Week | |
| Fri Dec 19 | Project - Repositories |