Hello I really need this proposal done before 5pm this evening. I need a proposal for Computer and Information Science.

• In your proposal:
  • Choose a specific area within your career field or field of study and conduct research to identify a problem. You should have some experience with the topic.
  • Identify your proposed solution(s).
  • Identify your audience. Your audience should be individualized for your topic: for example, a board of directors for a company.
  • Cite the research you used to develop your proposal.

The successful proposal will include:

• A paragraph that defines the purpose of your project (what do you want to see happen as a result of the project?) and identifies the problem and solution(s).
• A paragraph that identifies the audience and gives some background on its place in the argument.
• A paragraph that identifies your audience's position.
• Proposed research and discussion of the sources you have found so far.
• I have attached a the proposal template. Thank you in advance!!!

 

Running head: Improving Progression 1 Improving Progression in Software Development Degree Programs
Joesph Olliff
CAP480 – Arts and Sciences Capstone
Instructor: Elizabeth McCarthy
March 8, 2017 [SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS] 2 Project Purpose
The purpose of this project proposal is to bring attention to the disconnect between
technical courses in software development bachelorette programs. Often the first week is largely
spent attempting to bridge the gap between the current curriculum and the prerequisite classes. In
fast track degree programs this often causes a snowball effect where more and more of the
following courses time must be spent trying to catch students up. I believe that an improvement
in curriculum flow and extra-curricular student assistance can greatly improve this. Not only will
this help ensure that prerequisite skillsets are obtained but help catch up any students who fall
behind sooner.
Hypothesis
If more effort is put into insuring that each technical course within a software
development degree program builds directly on the previous one then more students will achieve
and retain gainful employment upon graduation. If more students are gainfully employed then
the success of the college will spread by word of mouth and by employer references, which will
result in improved throughput for the college, which in turn results in improved revenue.
Challenges
The greatest difficulty with significant changes to the order of curriculum is transfer
students. They will not have had the same tailored track as students that began with the
institution. The transfer students will want to continue from an equivocal point in the program
from where they left with their previous institution. Turns out there is already a system in place
for this that could be tailored for a software development program, placement tests (Adams, C.
2017). The existing placement tests would need to be tailored for software development tasks. [SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS] 3 They would also have to be staggered in difficulty to not only judge entry but placement in the
degree track.
Audience
The intended audience for this project proposal are the administrators and faculty of
higher education centers. By improving the quality of the Software Engineers produced by their
software development programs, they will see that ultimately their bottom line will improve as
well as more students seek them out. If more students are hired, and stay employed in their field,
word will get back around.
Proposed research and discussion
A functioning placement test for software development programs that accurately
determines the level of applicable knowledge of a potential student will need to be developed.
This test will need to simultaneously judge a potential student's entry into the program as well as
a transfer students placement into the program. This will include a graduated scale to pair up a
score with a particular point in program, rolling back to meet academic requirements instead of
rolling forward. This test would not be a normal placement test as there is evidence that they
often do not work (What Are College Placement Tests?, 2017) A potential solution would be for
the first part to me a simple math and logic based test to determine entry eligibility. The second
portion would be a skill demonstration using the student's choice of a programming language
from a list of available choices. The judgement of the test could be automated using industry
standard automation tests. Placement in the program would be based off of whether or not the
student could create a program that does what it should, no specially trained proctors needed. [SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS] 4 [SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS] 5 References
Adams, C. (2017). Community Colleges Rethink Placement Tests. Education Week. Retrieved 9
March 2017, from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/10/17/08placement.h32.html
What Are College Placement Tests?. (2017). Bigfuture.collegeboard.org. Retrieved 9 March
2017, from https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/academic-life/what-are-collegeplacement-tests

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• 1493266307-Project Proposal.docx