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IT 4600 Senior Project

Semester:  Spring 2006
Credits: 3 semester hours

Classroom:  Udvar-Hazy 119
Section 01: TR 1:00pm-2:15pm

Instructor:  Barton Stander
Phone:  652-7973
Office: Udvar-Hazy 325
Email:  stander@dixie.edu

Office/Lab Hours:
MW: 3:00-3:50
TR: 10:30-11:50
Others by appointment

Description:  Course for students in Computer Science and Computer and Information Technologies programs. This course will instruct students in advanced topics of software engineering. Teams of students will be required to complete an aggressive programming project. Fulfills the CIT senior project requirement.

Prerequisites:  Last spring semester of CIT program.

Objective:
The student will gain practical experience in the specification, design, implementation and testing of a project.

Labs: Where possible, lab resources will be made available for students to complete their projects.

Resources: There is no required text for this course. However, each student will need to research information specific to individual projects.

Project Elements:  Each student is required to complete each of the following elements.
Project Specification50 points
Readings and Research50 points
Project Design50 points
Midterm Review of Progress - Presentation50 points
Final Project Presentation 50 points
Final Project Report50 points
Total 300 points

Late Policy:  Late work will not receive credit.

Grading:  Grades will be given according to the ratio of the student's score to the total possible score for the class. Scores are given for project elements as listed above. The grade assigned depends on the percentage according to the following table.

Percent Grade  Percent Grade  Percent Grade  Percent Grade
94-100 A  84-86 B  74-76 C  64-66 D
90-93 A-  80-83 B-  70-73 C-  60-63 D-
87-89 B+  77-79 C+  67-69 D+  <60 F

Time Commitment:  This course will require between 150 and 200 hours of work for successful completion.

Cheating:  Cheating will not be tolerated, and may result in a failing grade for the students involved. For this course, cheating includes, among other things, trying to claim someone else's work as your own.

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