CSCI 479: Computer Science Design Project

After 3 years at Bucknell, you’ve gained an extraordinary amount of technical knowledge. This is your opportunity to own a larger scale project from top to bottom. But more importantly, it’s an opportunity to figure out a design process that you’ll need for years after graduation. To that end, you will complete a semester-long project for an external client while applying and reflecting on software engineering processes.

• Who: Prof. Evan Peck | How to meet with me
• Where and When: There are 2 sections of this course.
  • DANA 117, MWF 1-1:50pm
  • BRKI 166, MWF 2-2:50pm

» Quick Links

• Syllabus
• Google Classroom Link
• Classroom and Discord invites

» 🧑🧑🧑 Team Milestones

📣 Team Milestones should be committed to your repository in a reports folder as well as in the appropriate submission space in Google Classroom. Teams will be assigned at the start of the 3rd week of class.

• Team Processes Overview | 9.07
• System Design Paper | Overview: 9.14 | Report: 9.23
• 1st Progress Report | 10.19
• 2nd Progress Report | 11.07
• Final Report and Presentation | 12.02 & 12.05

» 🧑 Individual Milestones

📣 Individual work should be submitted via Google Classroom. Links and content will appear below as each date approaches and we progress through the semester

• Final Reflection

• Individual Prompts (all deadlines are at 9am):

  • 8.24: What do we want to get out of this course? See Google Classroom
  • 8.26: Rapid-fire assessment
  • 8.29: How do we form a good team?
  • 9.02: How do we ensure a healthy, productive team?
  • 9.30: How do we make sure we’re not making the world worse?
  • 10.14: How do we ensure quality in our code?

» 🗓️ Schedule

📣 Due to the open nature of this course, a large chunk of the semester is intentionally left a bit ambiguous. This is to allow us the option to align content and timelines better with clients and projects. The major deadlines above will hold.