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Final Project Proposals

The material covered in CS132 culminates in a final project, where students work in groups to implement a web application for a client over the course of the semester. Groups typically include four persons with a mixture of designers and programmers appropriate to the project. Projects start a week or two into the semester and continue throughout, with various milestones and reports. The bulk of the design of the project will be done by the end of March, with most of the project coding being done in April. Projects are due in early May.

An ideal project will have a specific goal or motivation: Why do you need this project done? Why should students share your passion? It will also have an idea of the target user or audience: Who will be using this website and why? Having an idea of the website’s technical requirements is helpful but not a requirement. The project should be both engaging and appropriately challenging for students.

As the project sponsor, you should be willing to meet with the team or a team representative (in person, over Skype, etc) at least biweekly to ensure the team is on track and to provide the necessary guidance and feedback. If you wish the project to be integrated with any existing systems, you should be able to provide any documentation needed.

We are especially looking to support projects for groups or individuals who might otherwise have difficulty getting a website that meets their needs due to constraints relating to accessibility, financial need, or the inclusion of underrepresented groups.

Please note: A website with static content is not a suitable project. Proposals must have a 'backend' component as well (please refer to the examples of past proposals below).

A good project proposal will:

As examples, previous projects included:

More detailed examples can be found here and here. Well-done examples include proposals #14 and #18 from the first link and proposals #4, #17, #28, and #32 from the second link. Check them out!

Project submissions should be received before January 24th, 2021 to allow us time to review them and get back to you before they are distributed to the students. To submit a project proposal, fill out this form

Caveats

Project sponsor should note several things: