Computer Science Capstone.

Catalog description

The goal of the CS capstone course is to produce noteworthy projects and research worthy of, and leading to, academic and commercial publications, projects, grants and funding, employment opportunities, as well as subsequent development of the original idea for further academic study. Individual or group projects are possible, however individual efforts are encouraged. Students embark by formulating a project or research idea by applying brainstorming techniques. The project is then executed following the five section research model with includes: idea draft, literature review, methodology description, results explanation, and conclusion/future work sections. Each section area must be executed, completed and submitted successfully for the project effort to receive a satisfactory grade. However, projects can and do fail, or turn out to be infeasible. Project failure or infeasibility is an acceptable outcome while still receiving credit. Further, students also are required to study and learn about computer science technical writing and presentation techniques, as elaborated on in the required textbook. Periodic student presentations and instructor reviews are required during the course timeline, as well as agreed upon milestones for project completion. Prerequisite: Senior Classification.