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CS 461 / 462 / 463:

Career Preparation and Software Engineering Capstone Project

Fall-Winter-Spring Quarters 2012-2013

http://cs.oregonstate.edu/capstone

This page was last updated: May 13, 2013

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Announcements:

• NEW 5/13/2013 Click here to see the final Expo project map.
  (Our project spaces are dark blue and begin with a 'C'.)

• Hollis Fishelson-Holstine's Credit Scoring notes from May 1 are here in one, two, and six slides per page formats.

• The web site to register for the EECS Departmental Graduation the evening of Saturday, June 15 is open! You are eligible to participate if you have a graduation date anytime from Summer 2012 through Fall 2013. But, you must register. Go here to register.
  Part of the registration process asks you to participate in voting for staff and faculty awards. If you are not registering for the EECS graduation, but still want to vote for staff and faculty awards, click here.

• Alert TA Ben Tribelhorn found this really good article on version control. Read it!

• Click here to see the project assignments. We have a very cool mix this year!
  Here is the original project proposal list.

• CampusPoint is a free, online resource that helps college students and recent graduates find entry-level jobs and internships. They work with hundreds of small- to medium-sized companies in the Portland and Seattle areas to help them fill their entry-level employment opportunities.

  CampusPoint has several new openings they are trying to fill. If you are interested:

  1. Go here.
  2. Click on the Seattle or Portland Area
  3. Click on "Register Now" to register
  4. Create your CampusPoint Resume
  5. Read through the jobs and hit the APPLY button

• You can get some of the Microsoft packages for free through OSU's participation in the MSDN Academic Alliance. This includes Visual Studio and Project. To do this, go to the teach system,: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/teach. Under External Links, click MSDNAA Site Login. This will allow you to download software for free.

• For all of you interviewing this year, there is a great book called: Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job by John Mongan et al. It prepares you for interview programming problems by revealing strategies and giving a nice review of data structures, recursion, and other programming information you might be asked about.
  Best of all, the OSU Library has it in electronic form. Click here and then follow the link to the books that say "Location: Internet Resources", and then follow the link that says "Connect to this title online".

• Another highly-recommended book is Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? by William Poundstone. The OSU Library has it. So do I.

Professor

Office:	Kelley 2117
Phone:	541-737-2542
E-mail:	mjb@cs.oregonstate.edu
Web site:	http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb

Office Hours:

The Virtual Hand Raise

I recognize that it sometimes takes courage to ask a question in class or to express an opinion. But, the worst thing of all is to not say anything! So, this class has a feature called the Virtual Hand Raise. Click here to get into it. It will allow you to send me a question or comment, completely anonymously. I will answer all questions submitted this way at the start of the next class.

Adobe Connect

Beaver Source

All projects are encouraged to use CS's new code-sharing social-networking site Beaver Source. As a start, I've created a group called "CS 46*", which you should join. Feel free to create a new group for your project. It's a great way to show the world what you are doing.

Class Schedule

To see an academic year calendar, click here.

Here is the Fall Quarter class schedule.
Here is the Winter Quarter class schedule.
Here is the Spring Quarter class schedule.

Grading

Grades will be posted through this web page. To protect your privacy, they will be posted by your alias that you give me in Project #1. Click here to see the current grade posting.

Here is the Fall Quarter grading scheme.
Here is the Winter Quarter grading scheme.
Here is the Spring Quarter grading scheme.

Attendance

Some classes will be specific to running your project. Some classes will relate to CS Career Preparation. You are expected to attend all classes. Attendance will be taken at some classes and will contribute to your grade.

Students With Disabilities

Accommodations are collaborative efforts between students, faculty and Disability Access Services (DAS). Students with accommodations approved through DAS are responsible for contacting the faculty member in charge of the course prior to or during the first week of the term to discuss accommodations. Students who believe they are eligible for accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval through DAS should contact DAS immediately at 737-4098.

Class Rules

• Lab Rules: No propping the Clubhouse doors open.

• Computer Security: We take computer security very seriously. Please use intelligently-chosen passwords and protect them. Anyone caught abusing the system or causing deliberate damage will be asked to drop the class and the matter will be turned over to the Dean's Office.

• Your Share of the Work You are expected to do your share of the work.

• Academic Dishonesty You are expected to read and understand Oregon State's Academic Dishonesty Policy and Oregon State's Code of Conduct.

  If you do not understand some part of either document, please come talk with me!

• Email From Me The only address I will ever use to email you will be mjb at some Oregon State domain. Anyone caught abusing the system or causing deliberate damage will be asked to drop the class and the matter will be turned over to the Dean's Office.

Other Useful Information

• OpenGL stuff:
  • GLUT/GLUI diagram
  • GLUT Main Loop diagram
  • sample.cpp program
  • Click here to get the glut and glui files.
  • PDF GLUT Documentation:
  • OpenGL User Interface (GLUI) Documentation

  Put sample.cpp and the Windows version of the glut and glui files together in a separate folder.

• Margaret Mellinger, margaret.mellinger@oregonstate.edu, Kelley 2121, x-79642, works for the OSU library and has offered to give you special help on any literature searches you need to do. If you contact her, identify yourself as a CS Senior Project student.

• Team Resources:
  • Manual for Working in Teams