MCS4833: Senior Project

Fall 2000 MCS 4833 01: Senior Project
Lawrence Technological University

Math and Computer Science Department

Day / Time: Wednesday 4:00-5:30pm (see schedule below) as well as required private meetings/lectures
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chairperson and the instructor
Lecture Room: S214
Lab.: N/A
Instructor: Chan-Jin Chung, Ph.D.

Office Room: Science 112
Phone: (248) 204-3504
Fax: (248) 204-3518 (this fax number is for the whole building and senders should be sure to place instructor's name on the fax)
Dept. Secretary: (248) 204-3560
Math/CS Drop Box: in front of S120 door.
Email: CHUNG@ltu.edu
LTU webpage at http://www3.ltu.edu/~chung (syllabus, announcements, lecture notes, etc.)
Office Hours: To be announced later for each team. Also by appointment

Required Text: N/A, project by project

Recommended Text: Any Software Engineering Textbook

Course Objectives

Intensive study of special/practical/real-world problems in software system development.
Students will be involved in whole software life cycle, which includes requirement specification, design, implementation, and testing of complex software system.
Teamwork experience. Therefore, it is recommended to form a team of maximum two.

Class Format, Tentative Schedule and Assigned Points

Date	Topics	Points
8/30	Introduction to course rules and schedules Introduction of default projects
9/6	Project proposal & description due
9/13	Project requirements spec and test case document due	5
9/20	Design document due.	5
10/11	First demo of the prototype	20
11/1	Final requirement spec, test cases, and design document due	20
11/22	Last day to withdraw
11/8	Second Demo	30
12/6	Third Demo	30
12/13	Public presentation and field trial	60
12/20	Delivery of the project, source, and documentation	60

Grading: Total 200 points

Grades will be based on the results of the above activities (170 points) as well as the following:
- 10 points by other teams
- 10 points by others such as faculty
- 10 points by the instructor based on the following: creativity, teamwork, scientific finding, educational value, robustness, new technologies used, etc.
No I (incomplete) grade will be given
Must submit contribution percentage for each individual if the project is done by a group.

This score will be translated into a letter grade based upon the percentages given below.

A	90-100%	C	70-74%
A-	88-89%	C-	68-69%
B+	85-87%	D+	65-67%
B	80-84%	D	60-64%
B-	78-79%	D-	58-59%
C+	75-77%	F	00-57%

Class Projects

Students are supposed to select one project from the following table:

Project Name	Pre-requisites Common: At least two year's of programming experience	Required techniques you should learn by yourself. (This means that those not covered in detail in regular class meetings)
Online auction system (for Children’s Home of Detroit or LTU student organizations)	LINUX (or UNIX), Java, Data Bases, SQL	Java Servelets, JSP, MySQL, EJB, J2EE, and JRun
RoboFest 2001 Online Registration and Management System	MS Access and SQL	MS ASP
Continuing Education online registration and management system	LINUX (or UNIX), Java, Data Bases, SQL	Java and MySQL
Your own project		Should be approved by the instructor

8/30/00

Fall 2000 MCS 4833 01: Senior Project Lawrence Technological University

Fall 2000 MCS 4833 01: Senior Project
Lawrence Technological University