SEN4992 Capstone Project IIBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
SEN4992 Capstone Project II Spring 0 4 2 6

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Must Course
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖZGE YÜCEL KASAP
Course Objectives: The students are expected to gain the following skills and knowledge: planning and managing a project, working in an interdisciplinary team, building a product according to correct engineering design concepts, validation and integration of system components, report writing and presenting.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) will have gained significantly contribute to the planning and management of a complex project
2) will have learned how to work in an interdisciplinary team
3) will have implemented a conceptual design considering a relevant set of engineering constraints
4) will have performed verification of an implemented design
5) will have gained skills in integration of ideas and systems
6) will have provided a working demonstration of the product
7) will have gained report writing and presentation skills

Course Content

Continuing with the project team and project proposal defined in "Capstone I", the students will implement their solution and demonstrate their working product at the end of the semester. A progress report, in the form of a written report and presentation will be given mid-term. A final report and presentation will be given at the end of the semester.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Organization of the project team Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
2) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
3) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
4) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
5) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
6) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
7) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
8) Midterm presentation and midterm progress Report Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Materialization of the product.
9) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Integrate sub-systems. Mid-term status report
10) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Integrate sub-systems. Mid-term presentation
11) Execution Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Product verification
12) Integration and testing Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Product verification Submission of the draft project report
13) Submission of the final report Meet with the project team. Meet with the project advisers. Finalize the report and presentation. Submission of the final project report
14) Final presentation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Engineering by Design, 2nd Edition, Gerard Voland, Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-0131409194
References: https://capstone.eng.bau.edu.tr/

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Application 14 10 140
Presentations / Seminar 2 1 2
Paper Submission 2 1 2
Total Workload 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products. 5
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems. 5
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging. 4
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem. 4
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation. 5
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically. 4
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams. 5
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems. 5
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system. 4
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities. 4
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life. 5
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions. 5
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions. 4