CSD 480 Capstone Project

5 credits

Students will design, implement and deploy a desktop, web, or mobile application. This course prepares students for employment at a software company, demonstrating a full software product development cycle: project management and design, algorithm development, coding, and quality assurance. This course may be completed as an internship at a software company.

Prerequisites: Instructor permission required

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe the software application development life cycle
Manage development of an application from conception to final release
Analyze a problem domain
Document project requirements and use cases
Develop technical specifications and project architecture
Design and implement a set of tests for an application
Develop and deploy a complete software package
Create end-to-end analysis, design, and development of a project
Produce written documentation for a project
Deliver presentation of a software solution

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

demonstrate competency in software engineering, software testing principles, and quality assurance techniques
implement program management concepts
identify, evaluate, and apply efficient algorithms and technologies required for developing software system
demonstrate ability to understand and integrate contributions to the architecture design of a large software system
be prepared to obtain an entry-level position at a software development company

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20