CIS 497 - Senior Design I

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: senior standing on vertical curriculum, EN 250. This course is the first of a two-sequence capstone courses for computer science majors. Students, working in teams, select a topic from a variety of potential project topics solicited from faculty members and representatives from local industry/non-profit organizations. Students will learn about team work, team dynamics, and learn to rely on other individuals to perform necessary work for the successful completion of team goals. By the end of the semester, the overall approach and design/architecture of the project must be completed so that it can be effectively implemented, in the second semester. The course also includes lectures on topics of interest to CIS majors, such as intellectual property, information privacy, security, and exposure to a wide range of relevant software environments and technologies from mobile development environments to database-backed web services. Students must also take the comprehensive senior examination for the major.