CS 49901 Capstone Project
Department of Computer Science
Class Room: MSB
276
Time:
URL: www.cs.kent.edu/~jmaletic/Capstone/
Prerequisites: CS33006,
CS 43901,
CS43005,
CS45201
Instructor: Dr. Jonathan I. Maletic
Office Hours:
Office: 218 MCS
Phone: 330-672-9038
Email: jmaletic@cs.kent.edu
URL: www.cs.kent.edu/~jmaletic/
The course is an integrative experience that brings
together all components of the undergraduate computer science curriculum in an
applied, hands-on real world setting.
The course is a bridge between the academic experience and the
professional workplace. The objectives
of the Capstone Project course are to give the student the experience of: 1)
being involved in building a non-trivial, real-world (like), software
development project; 2) working with other developers in a team environment; 3)
building a graphical user interface; 4) integrating knowledge of topics such as
operating systems, networks, database, and software engineering within a
team-project framework.
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None required
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Recommended: Object-Oriented Software Engineering 2nd Edition, Bruegge & Dutoit
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The students will be given a list of outside readings from the Computer
Science literature. These may include
readings from the Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software, IEEE
Computer, classic textbooks, etc.
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Object Oriented Design, Analysis, and Programming
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Software tools and environments
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Software requirements and specifications
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Software project management
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Software team management and communication
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Document management
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Using APIs
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Event driven programming
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Foundations of human computer interaction
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Building a simple graphical user interface
The course will be a mix of lecture, invited
lectures, student project status report presentations, and student team
meetings. The course will be project
based, with students organized into teams of three or more. These student teams will be given the
assignment of developing a non-trivial software system.
Approximately 20 (of 45) contact hours will be
comprised of formal lecture on the topics of team organization and management,
project management, requirements elicitation, and developing graphic user
interfaces. Additionally, lectures on
software/environment tools and using specific APIs/components will be
included. External and internal guest
lecturers will be organized to fulfill the integrative and real world aspects. If the project is one derived from a local
external organization, presentations regarding the project requirements will be
appropriate.
The remainder of contact hours will consist of
student/team project status reports and final project presentations. In addition, class time will be allocated for
student team meetings and organization.
The project is an integrative experience that
combines key material from multiple courses in the computer science
curriculum. Ideally, the project will
have database, networking, operating system, GUI, and general software
engineering aspects. The project should
include the use of development tools (e.g., version control tools, IDE, etc.)
and software libraries, APIs, COTS, or other types of reusable software
components. Additionally the project
will be:
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Real world (like) and non-trivial in size (
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Deadline driven with multiple work products produced and evaluated
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Developed by a team of students – the teams will be 3 or more students,
preferably 4 to 5 students
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Constructed to include a (graphical) user interface – a window based,
event driven interface will be used
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Project 50%, Presentations 30%, Class participation 10%, Final Exam 10%
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Scale: A: 100-90, B: 89-80, C: 79-70, D: 69-60, F: 59- 0
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Lecture is the student’s responsibility, if class is missed; it is in
the students best interests to get the notes from a
fellow student.
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Any modifications to the syllabus will be made on the course URL.
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Please turn off all wireless phones, beepers, pagers, radios, the sound
on all laptops and PDAs, and any other noise making
devises.
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Copying or plagiarism of any type will not be tolerated and will be
dealt with in accordance to
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Special
accommodations for students with disabilities: In accordance with the
University policy, if you have a documented disability and require
accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the
instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for
which an accommodation is required.
Students with disabilities should verify their eligibility through the
Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) in