Project 3: Final Project

Description

Instead of a final exam, you will complete a final project which will count for 200 points of your final grade in the course.

Important dates

  • Project design due (40): Wednesday, April 22 @ 5pm
  • Project due (160): Tuesday, May 12 @ 8pm

Guidelines

Unlike the other projects, you may work with one partner for the final project. You can also work individually if you wish.

You have wide latitude in choosing what to do for your final project. The only requirements are that it should be sufficiently complex and should somehow go beyond what we have done in class or lab.

Your project idea must be approved by your lecture instructor (who is also happy to help you brainstorm) via email or conversation prior to the design submission. Get started early! Waiting until just before the deadline to start thinking about your final project will be too late.

Projects should either be a deep dive into data or if similar to games or any lab, must make use of Python classes to encapsulate and structure data.

Design

By Wednesday, April 22, you must turn in a design document describing your project and planning details of how you will implement it.

Your design must include:

  • A description of the classes you will use to decompose the information in your project, with a list of the variables and methods in each class.
  • A description the main algorithm which will control the project.
  • A list of functions you will use to decompose the project, with the inputs, output, and description for each.
  • A timeline of steps you will take to complete your project with deadlines for each step. Plan not just what you must do but the ordering of steps that will allow you to complete by the final deadline.
  • A description of the way(s) in which your project goes beyond what we have done in class and labs.

You should be as detailed as possible for full credit in your description. Time spent on the design will pay off immensely as you implement your project.

What to turn in

You should turn in

  • A document explaining how to run your project and any other special notes to the grader.
  • All the Python source files, data files, etc. necessary to run your project.

Of course, the Python style guide and style checker still apply!