COMPUTER SCIENCE SENIOR PROJECT (CS 04.400-1)
Rowan University – Spring 2012

Instructor: Dr. Joel Crichlow

Office: Computer Science Department, Robinson

Phone: 256-4500 ext. 3278

Email: crichlow@rowan.edu

Website: elvis.rowan.edu/~crichlow

Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10.00 am-11.00 am

Or by Appointment

Class meeting times:

Monday and Wednesday 5.00-6.15pm, Sav 321.

Prerequisites:

Design and Analysis of Algorithms (CS 07.340), Programming Languages (CS 04.315).

General Course Description:

From Rowan Undergraduate Catalog: (CS 04.400, 3 s.h.) This is an advanced programming course in which students work on large-scale individual or team programming projects and make a formal presentation on their work. The course discusses program development, methodologies and strategies.

Goals and Objectives:

Reinforce, utilize, and practice concepts of computer science learned in the curriculum.
Choosing, specifying, organizing, and designing a programming project with stages and deliverables.
Implementing the design. Writing documentation and user manual. Making regular entries in a tracking journal. Maintaining steady progress.
Preparing and delivering presentations in the classroom.

Project:

You will be working on a project that you have chosen. You must choose a project that requires programming and technical skills which you should have acquired, now that you have reached this point in the curriculum. There will be no programming instruction in this course. You should click here for important project details.

Recommended Reading:

Since you are choosing the project, you are required to obtain reading material pertinent to your choice of project.

Evaluation and Grading:

The course grade will be determined as follows:

Project specification (choice) document	10%
Project choice classroom presentation	10%
Project detailed analysis and design document	20%
Project midway report	10%
Project deliverables	35%
Project classroom final presentation and demo	15%

All stages and requirements must be met on time and in a satisfactory manner in order to receive credit for the course. Any unsatisfactory or missed deadlines, meetings, e-mails, presentations, demonstrations, documents, manuals, or reports will result in penalties which can lead to no credit for the course for a student doing an individual project or all members of a group doing a group project.

Further important information will be posted on the “Class Notices” web-page.

Student Accommodation Policy

Your academic success is important. If you have a documented disability that may have an impact upon your work in this class, please contact me. Students must provide documentation of their disability to the Academic Success Center in order to receive official University services and accommodations. The Academic Success Center can be reached at 856-256-4234.

The Center is located on the 3rd floor of Savitz Hall. The staff is available to answer questions regarding accommodations or assist you in your pursuit of accommodations. We look forward to working with you to meet your learning goals.

Other Policies

Be sure that you are aware of and that you read the following policies: attendance, student behavior, academic integrity, and disabilities.  All policies are located in the provost web site (www.rowan.edu/provost/policies) as well as in the Student Handbook.