Capstone Overview

Senior Software Engineering Project I, II, and III, together called Capstone, are the three-term senior project sequence in the Computer Science major.

Term	ID	Class Name	Credits
Fall	CS 461	Senior Software Engineering Project I	3
Winter	CS 462	Senior Software Engineering Project II	3
Spring	CS 463	Senior Software Engineering Project III	2

Students work in teams of 3 to 4 on one project for a real project partner, from a problem statement in fall to a released artifact with real users in spring.

For StudentsWhat each term asks of you, and the five pages you will use every week.

For Industry or Faculty PartnersGive a team of seniors a real project for three terms; it costs an hour a week and an evaluation each term.

How We Measure Success

Each term, the grade combines four equal components: your project partner’s evaluation, your teammates’ peer evaluations, individual evidence that nobody can produce for you, and the team’s deliverables. The emphasis shifts across the three terms to follow how a real project progresses.

Assignments OverviewThe full assignment architecture: grade weights, cadence, and term-by-term deliverables.

ScheduleWeek by week, term by term: what runs in class, what is due, what to read.