Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Masterat
Domeniul: Informatica
Programul de studii: Modelare şi simulare
Limba de predare: Engleză

SYLLABUS

I. General data
Code	Subject	
MV046	Project (2)	

Semester	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Status	
2	0+0+1		compulsory	

II. Full status faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Didactic	Chair	Type of activity	
surname	title	title		C	S	L	
POP Horia Florin	Ph.D.	Prof.	Programming  Languages and Methods			*	

Associated faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Institution	Type of	Type of activity	
surname	title		position	C	S	L	

III. Course objectives
At the completion of this project, the student should:
- have documentation abilities on an established topic
- be able to write a document on an established topic and with a pre-defined structure (dissertation)
- analysis, synthesis and critical skills
- be able to develop a software system on a given topic (domain).	

IV. Course contents
Project activities in both semesters are individual activities performed by each student as part of the preparation of its/hers dissertation thesis.  
From a structural viewpoint, a dissertation will have three parts:
  - theoretical study
  - experimental study
  - software system.
In the second term, the goal of project activities are to continue and finalize the work for the dissertation thesis.
They are:
1. Biblioraphical references concerning the experimental study and the first version of the experimental study - week  3
2. Setting requirements for software system + analysis stage (including relevant documentation) - week 5
3. Intermediate versions of the theoretical and experimental parts - week 7
4. Final version of theoretical and experimental parts - week 8
5. Design of the application and design documentation - week 9
6. Implementation, testing and documentation of the application - week 12

V. Bibliography
Internet resources on software projects and on the particular topics of the projects	

VI. Thematic of didactic activities per weeks
The activities schedule follows closely the steps required for the work and their due dates.	

VII. Didactic methods used
The class is based on the following methods: exposure, conversation, didactical proof, modeling, and the discussion of some case studies and programming examples. The work consists of individual assignments. Each student must prepare a research paper on an established topic, and a software project.	

VIII. Assessment
Each of the activities above has a due date and a corresponding mark, on a 10-point scale. A penalty of 1pt per week are considered for delays. The weights are as follows:
1. experimental part v1  20%
2. requirements + analysis      10%
3. theoretical and experimental part, v2 10%
4. theoretical and experimental part, final 20%
5. application design   20%
6. implementation, testing and documentation of application  20%
The final grade is computed as a weighted average of the marks for individual activities.	

IX. Additional references
Internet resources on software projects and on the particular topics of the projects	

	Dean,							Chair head,

	Date,							Course responsible,
	October 1, 2008					Prof. POP Horia Florin, Ph.D.