CAPSTONE PROJECT SYLLABUS AND GUIDELINES
1. Course Number and Title:
CP003 Capstone Project 1
2. Course Description:
This course is an integrative experience that brings together all components of the undergraduate information technology curriculum in an applied, hands-on real world setting. This course focuses on a thorough investigation of a selected problem to a current process or systems. This includes identifying appropriate solutions to a problem under study, applying appropriate techniques and methods to the design solutions and should justify and prove the novelty of the solution. 3. Student Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
S.O. (e) Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader in diverse teams and multidisciplinary settings.
S.O. (l) Integrate IT based solutions into the user environment effectively.
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S.O. (m) Understand best practices and standards and their applications.
4. Intended Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
1. Perform effectively as a member of the group, with assigned role and responsibilities.
2. Work collaboratively with other groups in multidisciplinary settings.
3. Solve a complex problem through IT based solution.
4. Create an IT based solution design according to user’s specification and needs.
5. Identify and compare the best practices of solutions to the complex problem.
6. Identify and apply the appropriate standards to implement to the IT based solutions.
5. Teaching and Learning Activities
TLA 1: Situation: Interactive Lecture and Presentation
Major Focus: ILO 1, 2, and 3 Minor Focus: ILO 4, 5, 6 and 7
Reciprocal Questioning: students are asked to ask generic questions to each other where questions will be in an open-ended questions where the other group must answer. In this way, students will learn how to “solve the problem” through asking and