CSC 59866 Senior Project I - Syllabus

The City College of New York • Grove School of Engineering • Computer Science Department • Course Syllabus

Textbook, title, author, and year

• Lecture materials prepared by instructor; often instructor's research subject
• Other supplemental materials: placed on the instructor's website

Specific course information

• This is the first offer of a two semester capstone course. The student is required to complete a significant project in computer science or engineering under the mentorship of a faculty member. In addition to technical material required for successful completion of a specific project, topics include identification of a problem, background research, social, ethical and economic considerations, intellectual property and patents and proposal writing, including methods of analysis and theoretical modeling. A detailed project proposal is formulated in the first semester, and the project is completed in the second semester. Each student is required to write an in-depth report, and to make an oral presentation to the faculty. Senior year students only, or permission of the depart-ment.
• Coreq.: CSc 59866 Ethics
• Required course

Specific goals for the course and Relationship to student outcomes

Instructor needs to adjust and rephrase student outcomes below based on the subject chosen for course offer

Brief list of topics to be covered