Capstone Project
The Capstone Project is the main task of the course. The work is done in the groups formed in Quarter 1. There are four components to project, listed below.
As projects vary, you may choose the primary output of your project to either be (1) a scientific report or (2) a visual presentation or functional product. While every group must produce both of these for their project, you may choose which is has more weight when graded.
Report
The report for your project introduces/contextualizes the problem, describes the methods used, states the results, and draws conclusions about the results. This summary of your work follows best practices in scientific writing, as laid out in quarter 1.
The report is graded by the domain mentor.
Visual Presentation
The visual presentation may be a website, blog, artwork, functional product, or service. There must be some consumer-facing (or general-audience) component to this work.
The visual presentation is graded by the domain mentor.
Code Artifact
The code artifact contains all code for building/reproducing the project, following best-practices in Data Science software development.
The code artifact is graded by the methodology instructor.
Presentation
The presentation is a 15-20 minute slide-based presentation of the project. This presentation must balance accessibility to a general audience alongside detailed material for the domain expert.
The presentation is graded by the domain mentor.
Checkpoints
Each of the above components will have one checkpoint (all checkpoints besides the report are graded by the methodology instructor).
Participation
The participation in quarter 2 will consist of the ‘weekly check-in’: a report listing what each team member accomplished in the previous week, any obstacles they encountered, and any updates to the project schedule for the upcoming week.