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- What is Senior Design all about?
Think of this course as the course that "brings it
all together," an opportunity for you to apply
what you have learned to a substantive project.
In Senior Design, you will build and demonstrate
a "product". In doing so, you will not only learn
how to manage your time in a large project, but
also get to practice many related skills: design,
planning, software engineering, presentation, and writing.
- Who should take this course?
The course is required for students in the B.S. program,
and for those B.A. students who aren't doing their
project in the second major.
- I haven't taken some of the prerequisites.
Can I take this course?
If you haven't taken any of the Junior year CS
courses (Foundations, OS, Algorithms), we'll need to know why
and we'll need to make sure you are prepared, or are able to
function in a team. Please stop by to discuss.
- Am I required to program in Java?
Not at all. There is no language requirement at all.
That said, it's probably a good idea to discuss
implementation choices with your mentor.
- What's covered in the labs? Is attendance mandatory?
Attendance is mandatory for lectures and mentor meetings.
The lab/lecture terminology comes from standard GW terminology
for courses; neither applies here. Instead, we'll refer to
- Tuesdays: meetings with your mentor in Tompkins 402
- Wednesdays: most Wednesdays, all students (both sections)
will meet in the same room for a common lecture or
project update. On other Wednesdays, we will split into
two groups for presentation practice.
- What constitutes an acceptable SD project?
In a nutshell, an SD project needs to have core computer
science as its "meat", something that's innovative,
somethat that will challenge you and take you out of
your comfort zone.
See this page for more details.
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