Senior Project (CMPE494) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Senior Project CMPE494 8. Semester 4 0 0 4 8
Pre-requisite Course(s)
(CMPE493 veya FE302)
Course Language English
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course aims to teach developing, testing, reporting, and presenting a project according to established project development principles collaboratively in a team environment.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Plan, design, develop and test a product collaboratively in a team environment
  • Design a product according to the user/system requirements
  • Develop a product according to the specifications and a predetermined schedule
  • Employ relevant testing methods to validate/verify the product
  • Summarize and describe the findings in a comprehensive document
Course Content Project analysis and design, project development, project management, team working, project presentation.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to senior projects
2 Presenting Project Topics
3 Report writing, Matching students and projects, and announcements of teams and project assignments
4 Advisory
5 Advisory
6 Advisory
7 Project Plan delivery
8 Advisory
9 Advisory
10 Advisory
11 Project Review
12 Project Review
13 Advisory
14 Advisory
15 Final Exam (Final Report delivery)
16 Final Exam (Presentation and Oral Exam)

Sources

Other Sources 1. Christian Dawson, Projects in Computing and Information Systems: A Student's Guide (2nd Edition), Pearson Education, 2009
2. IEEE Standard for Software Project Management Plans, Std 1058-1998.
3. IEEE Standard for Software Requirement Specification, Std 830.
4. IEEE Standard for Software Design Document, Std 1016.
5. IEEE Standard for Software Test Document, Std 829.
6. Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley, 2007, ISBN: 032131379-8
7. Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering:A Practitioner's Approach. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; ISBN: 007301933X

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application 1 25
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 1 15
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 2 15
Project - -
Report 3 45
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 7 100
Percentage of Semester Work 45
Percentage of Final Work 55
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems.
2 Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches.
3 An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices.
4 An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements.
5 Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects.
6 An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain.
7 An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering.
8 Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies.
9 An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions.
10 Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 1 16
Laboratory
Application 16 5 80
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 4 64
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 5 10
Project
Report 3 8 24
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics 1 6 6
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 200