CS 492 3 - Capstone Project

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

As an integrating course combining all of the elements of successful system development, this is the capstone course for the CIS major. This course is intended to provide the students with an opportunity to implement and complete a project in support of an Edgewood College Community Partner. Working in teams, the students utilize formal project management structures and processes. Through an examination of technologies used for communication, with a special focus on the emerging emphasis on technologies used for social networking, the students completing this community service project will consider this question: As members of the IS/IT profession, in what ways do their roles as purveyors of technology impact and are impacted by the constant shift of technological platform and how does this constant change shape their views. This question will be examined from three contexts: 1) organizations in which they work; 2) their personal lives; and 3) the lives of others with whom they interact. The class will develop a system in accordance with client specifications and present its final results to departments and peers of the college.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite(s): COR 2, CS 270, and one of the combinations: CS 340 & CS 315 or CS 480 & CS 302. 