Capstone
The following guidelines are valid for undergraduate and graduate capstone courses: CSCI- 4961 Capstone I, CSCI- 4961 Capstone I|, CSCI 5960 Software Engineering Capstone Project, CSCI 5960 Artificial Intelligence Capstone Project.
Basic Information
Instructor: Flavio Esposito
Office: ISE (TBD)
Phone: 314-977-2334
Homepage: http://www.cs.slu.edu/~esposito
Course Policies and Grading Criteria
Attendance to the capstone meetings is required for all members of the team.
After every meeting, you will get from Dr. Esposito an informal grade on a scale [0,100] based on your progress shown since last meeting. These grades simulate homework assignments.
Based on your average grade on these progress grades, Dr. Esposito recommends to the capstone instructor a letter grade for each deliverable. This grade is different than the presentation grade for the deliverable, and it can be different for each student.
If you miss a (virtual) meeting without justification or notification at least 48 hours in advance, you will get a zero. If all of you miss one meeting, I will send an early warning to all team members. With two early warnings, I will recommend an F for the session.
Prior to every meeting, the capstone team is required to update the board (we will use Trello.com or a similar technology).
Prior to every capstone meeting, the team is required (when applicable) to present a ‘‘git-diff“ and a ‘‘blame” of the codebase.
Prior to every milestone presentation, the team is required to send Dr. Esposito the presentation slides and the report at least a week prior to the presentation dates, shown on the capstone syllabus.
Useful Documents
A capstone contract example can be found HERE (to be drafted by students)
An example of final capstone report can be found HERE . Note that publishing a paper is not required but it is strongly encouraged for graduate students. This paper ended up in a peer-reviewed publication and it is based on the work of an undergraduate capstone.
Letter Grades
Refer to syllabus on the capstone instructor website
Student Success Center
In recognition that people learn in a variety of ways and that learning is influenced by multiple factors (e.g., prior experience, study skills, learning disability), resources to support student success are available on campus. The Student Success Center assists students with academic and career related services, and is located in the Busch Student Center (Suite, 331) and the School of Nursing (Suite, 114). Students can visit www.slu.edu/success to learn more about:
Course-level support (e.g., faculty member, departmental resources, etc.) by asking your course instructor.
University-level support (e.g., tutoring services, university writing services, disability services, academic coaching, career services, and/or facets of curriculum planning).
University Writing Services Support
We encourage you to take advantage of university writing services in the Student Success Center; getting feedback benefits writers at all skill levels. Trained writing consultants can help with writing projects, multimedia projects, and oral presentations. University Writing Services offers one-on-one consultations that address everything from brainstorming and developing ideas to crafting strong sentences and documenting sources. For more information, call 314-977-3484 or visit http://bit.ly/1gAKC9H.
Disability Services Academic Accommodations
Students with a documented disability who wish to request academic accommodations must contact Disability Services to discuss accommodation requests and eligibility requirements. Once successfully registered, the student also must notify the course instructor that they wish to access accommodations in the course.
Please contact Disability Services, located within the Student Success Center, at Disability_services@slu.edu or 314.977.3484 to schedule an appointment. Confidentiality will be observed in all inquiries. Once approved, information about the student’s eligibility for academic accommodations will be shared with course instructors via email from Disability Services and viewed within Banner via the instructor’s course roster.
Note: Students who do not have a documented disability but who think they may have one are encouraged to contact to Disability Services.
Title IX
Saint Louis University and its faculty are committed to supporting our students and seeking an environment that is free of bias, discrimination, and harassment. If you have encountered any form of sexual misconduct (e.g. sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, domestic or dating violence), we encourage you to report this to the University. If you speak with a faculty member about an incident of misconduct, that faculty member must notify SLU’s Title IX coordinator, Anna R. Kratky (DuBourg Hall, room 36; akratky@slu.edu; 314-977-3886) and share the basic facts of your experience with her. The Title IX coordinator will then be available to assist you in understanding all of your options and in connecting you with all possible resources on and off campus.
If you wish to speak with a confidential source, you may contact the counselors at the University Counseling Center at 314-977-TALK. To view SLU’s sexual misconduct policy and for resources, please visit the following web addresses: http://www.slu.edu/general-counsel-home/office-of-institutional-equity-and-diversity/sexual-misconduct-policy and www.slu.edu/here4you.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is honesty, truthful and responsible conduct in all academic endeavors. The mission of Saint Louis University is “the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of God and for the service of humanity.” Accordingly, all acts of falsehood demean and compromise the corporate endeavors of teaching, research, health care, and community service via which SLU embodies its mission. The University strives to prepare students for lives of personal and professional integrity, and therefore regards all breaches of academic integrity as matters of serious concern.
The governing University-level Academic Integrity Policy can be accessed on the Provost's Office website. A more detailed policy statement is given by the College of Arts & Science, also applying to this course.
In addition to those general statements, we wish to discuss our policy in the context of this course. When it comes to learning and understanding the general course material, you may certainly use other reference materials and you may have discussions with other students in this class or other people from outside of this class. This openness pertains to material from the text, practice problems, general syntax and use of any language or other computing tools.
However, when it comes to work that is submitted for this course, you are not to use or to search for any direct or indirect assistance from unauthorized sources, including but not limited to:
other students in this class
past students, whether from this school or other schools
other acquaintances
other texts or books
online information other than that referenced by course materials
Acceptable sources of information include consultations with the instructor, teaching assistants, or members of organized tutoring centers on campus, as well as any materials explicitly authorized for a project description. Even in these cases, if you receive significant help you should make sure to document both the source of the help as well as the extent.
On certain assignment, we may explicitly allow students to work in pairs. In this case, conversations between partners is both permissible and required. Furthermore, both students are expected to contribute significantly to the development of the submitted work. It is unethical to allow a partner to “sign on” to a submission if that partner did not significantly contribute to the work.
Any violations of these policies will be dealt with seriously. Penalties will apply as well to a student who is aiding another student. Any such violations will result in a minimum penalty of a zero on the given assignment that cannot be dropped, and severe or repeated violations will result in an immediate failing grade in the course. Furthermore all incidents will be reported in writing to the Department and/or the Dean, as per the College procedure.
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