CIS 4914: Senior Project - Spring 2006
Coordinator: Dr. Mark Schmalz (ph: 352-392-6831, email: mssz@cise.ufl.edu)
Department of Computer & Information Sciences
University of Florida
This document is an aid to understanding your responsibilities as a graduating senior taking CIS 4914. You should carefully read this document and provide a copy to your advisor for his or her information regarding your responsibilities.
We are deeply grateful to Dr. Paul Fishwick for providing the original HTML source (Fall Semester, 1994) upon which this document is partially based. Additionally, Dr. Ralph Selfridge made valuable comments and furnished documentary support.
Course Syllabus for Spring 2006
Email Message Archive for Spring 2006
CIS4914 Grades for Spring 2006 (TBA)
What's News:
- Senior Project Registration Procedure - Summer-C 2006
- Senior Project Registration Procedure - Fall 2006
- Instructor Response to Spring 2006 Midterm Evaluations
- Thank you for your input!!- Final Presentation [15 minutes, participation required] is
Tue 18 Apr 06 - 06.15pm to 10.15pm CSE/E305 Wed 19 Apr 06 - 02.00pm to 10.00pm CSE/E305 Thu 20 Apr 06 - 07.00pm to 10.30pm CSE/E305Signup Sheets are on door of CSE/E446. Dress code is business formal. Please do not wear perfume or cologne. Also, plan to attend the presentations for approximately 2 hours, so you can see how others present.
Second Midterm Presentation [10 minutes, participation required] is Tue 21 Mar 06 - 06.30pm to 10.10pm CSE/E404 Wed 22 Mar 06 - 04.30pm to 09.45pm CSE/E404 Thu 23 Mar 06 - 06.40pm to 09.45pm CSE/E404Signup Sheets are on door of CSE/E446. Dress code is business casual. Please do not wear perfume or cologne. Also, plan to attend the presentations for approximately 1.5 hours, so you can see how others present.
Please read the following two Web pages on Citation Format and Time Management
Citation Format for Midterm and Final Presentations: at this link
Time Management and Presentation Skills writeup (HTML format)
A. Overview. An overview of the course is given in the following four links. Read these carefully before choosing an advisor or project.
- Goals - What this course is about, and Why we are doing this
- Supervision - Who you will interface with during this course
- Steps to Success - What to do, and When to do it
- Evaluation Criteria - Where and How your grade will be assigned
- Course Grades - What grades were earned last semester
B. Written Reports. A clear, understandable written report is absolutely essential to successful project completion. The following links outline the two written documents required for this class, with details of preferred report format.
- Project Planning Document -- Email that you send to advisor and supervisor during first week of class
- Project Final Report -- Hardcopy that you submit to advisor and supervisor during final week of class
C. Oral Presentations. Additionally, three oral presentations are required, as follows:
For your benefit, the following suggestions for a good presentation are provided:
- Midterm Oral Presentation #1 - A planning report
- Midterm Oral Presentation #2 - A progress report
- Final Oral Presentation - A summary of work and results
- General Comments - What to do or not do
D. Miscellaneous Guidelines. There are a few simple things you can do to make your project a pleasant, successful experience.
First, get started early, and keep up a steady, aggressive pace on the work. Don't implement a crash effort for the midterm and final presentations, with little or no work in between. This virtually ensures a shoddy result, as well as a (possibly) poor grade from your advisor.
Second, make each paragraph that you write shine with clarity and conciseness. In the future, you will be known in your professional life by your written communications. These products should portray you as a well organized, clear-headed thinker and achiever.
Third, make your presentations clear, understandable, and on time. Also, pay attention to your personal appearance at the final presentation, where business attire is required for each presenter (suit or jacket (with shirt and tie) for the men; dress, skirted suit, or trouser suit (with blouse) for the women; closed shoes and stockings for both men and women).
Please avoid wearing cologne or perfume, as there may be people in the room with allergies that tend to be aggravated by the stress of giving a presentation.