CIS 289 - Sophomore Project

Description
This is a project based course where students work in teams to design and develop a solution to a real-world design problem. Teams will develop and present both project planning documentation and a working final-solution. Project planning documentation will include project timelines, project requirements, and user experience (UX) documentation.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: C or Higher in the following courses CIS 224 and CIS 249
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Web/UX Design and Development, A.A.A.S.

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Work in teams to design and develop an interactive project
Gather and assess project needs from both a user-centered and business perspectives
Prioritize project requirements
Formulate and evaluate multiple strategies to solve the problem/challenge
Justify design decisions with stakeholder data
Define project timelines and milestones
Generate and compile UX documentation
Prepare and present a project proposal
Test projects with stakeholders and iterate based on feedback received
Deliver a functional final-solution that address stakeholders’ needs

Course Outline:
I. Course Introduction
II. Introduce Clients/Projects
III. Project Initialization
   III.A. Choose Projects and Organize Teams
   III.B. Define Project & Set Timeline for Project Initiation
IV.   Preproduction (Understand & Explore)
   IV.A. Understand Users/Stakeholders
   IV.B. Ideate ways to solve the problem
   IV.C. Develop UX Documentation
   IV.D. Develop and present a Project Proposal
V. Production (Implement)
   V.A. Ideate
   V.B. Prototype
   V.C. Test
   V.D. Iterate
VI. Deliver
   VI.A. Finalize Projects
   VI.B. Prepare Production Files for Archival/Delivery
   VI.C. Prepare Final Solution for Delivery
VII. Present Final Solutions

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 0-60%

Facilitated discussion: 0-20%

Group work: 0-10%

Lab work: 10-40%
Mandatory Course Components:
Course is project based. Students will develop a project in teams.

UX Documentation
Project Proposal
Functional final-project

Equivalent Courses:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: NA

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 105208
Course CIP Code: 11.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
General Room Request: Computer Lab

School: School STEM
Department: Computer Information Systems
Discipline: CIS
First Term Valid: Fall 2023 (8/1/2023)
1st Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Name of Course Author:
Jacob Pollak

Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Instructor must posess knowledge of web design and development, project management, user experience design, 4000 hours of graphics and computer work experience and be able to clearly explain all topics covered in the course so the student will be able to understand the concepts taught.

Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028