CISE DPS-3 - Goals

In DPS-3, you will synthesize much of what you have learned in your other CISE and DAS courses by creating and finishing a semester-long project. This is an opportunity for you to put into practice the skills and techniques that you have learned during your undergraduate studies.

This course will give you experience designing and building a significant software system or module. You will have the responsibility of meeting deadlines and, sometimes, dealing with incomplete problem specifications. This kind of experience is one familiar to CIS majors who have worked in industry and government after having received their baccalaureate degrees. Thus, the class will bear directly upon practical experience and job skills.

Your deliverables for the course include:

• A significant software product, with possible hardware components
• A written technical report on your work
• Several oral presentations
• Intermediate meetings with the course coordinator to ensure that you are ``on track.''

You must read your e-mail frequently to stay in touch with your advisor and supervisor when appropriate. The supervisor will periodically send out messages to all students taking DPS-3, concerning meeting announcements, presentation dates, etc. You are completely responsible for knowing these dates, and appearing at meetings and presentations on time, fully prepared, and with the appropriate materials.