Course Schedule:

Please note the following about the schedule:

Unless otherwise stated as optional, attendance to all lectures is mandatory.

Lecture topics are subject to change as the schedule is updated throughout the course.
Please see cross-referenced documents posted on Connect for further information about
evaluation and assessment, including marking breakdown and guidelines and inclusion
criteria.

Lectures: 1- 2 pm (Rm. Woodward 2)

Labs: 2-5 pm (see meeting rooms schedule for location)
Date
Thurs. Sept. 4

Lecture/Lab
Lecture: Course Orientation

Tues. Sept. 9

Lab: Project Fair

Lecture: Capstone Introduction

Assignment/Milestone

Lab: Project Fair

Wed. Sept. 10
Thurs. Sept. 11

Tues. Sept. 16

Thurs. Sept. 18

Tues. Sept. 23

Thurs. Sept. 25

Lecture: Working Professionally with your Partner/Client

- Professionalism and Best Practices in your
capstone experience
Lab: First meeting with assigned instructor and TA
Lecture: Writing your proposal
- Introduction to writing your proposal including
guidelines and marking criteria
Lab: Open
Lecture: Working together in your teams
- Understanding team dynamics and how to
leverage the strengths of you and your teammates
Lab: Open
Lecture: Managing Your Capstone Projects
- Tips on different tools and strategies to managing
your project work and timelines, particularly for
software-intensive projects
Lab: Open
Lecture: Critical Reflection within Engineering Education
and Learning

Project preference selection on

Connect closes (8 am)
Project Groups Formed

Complete Strength Finder

closes on Connect (12 pm)

Tues. Sept. 30

Thurs. Oct. 2

Tues. Oct. 7

Thurs. Oct. 9

Lab: Open
Lecture: Sustainability in the context of your projects
- Incorporating sustainability in your projects and
proposals and considering its relevance.
Lab: Open
Lecture: Fitness for Use (Engineering Professional
Responsibility)
- What does it mean to act and think ethically as an
engineer
Lab: Discussion Groups Pulling Sustainability and
Fitness for Use into project proposals (see schedule for
room and time)
Lecture: Giving a Presentation
- Introduction to communicating your projects
through presentations and what is expected.
Lab: Discussion Groups Pulling Sustainability and
Fitness for Use into project proposals (see schedule for
room and time)
Lecture: Money Matters
-

This class will cover details around the budget for each
team including what you can buy with it; how to get it
authorized; how to order stuff; how to get reimbursed
by the department.

Proposal Report Due Friday,

Oct. 10th

Please have at least one person from your team attending.

Tues. Oct. 14

Lab: Open
Lecture & Lab: Proposal Presentations ( 1 pm 5 pm)

Proposal Presentations

Thurs. Oct. 16

Lecture & Lab: Proposal Presentations ( 1 pm 5 pm)

Team peer evaluations due

Proposal Presentations
Team peer evaluations due

Tues. Oct. 21

Lecture: Creating the First Prototype and Requirements

Thurs. Oct. 23

Lab: Open
Lecture: First Prototype Milestone

Tues. Oct. 28

Lab: Review of proposals

Lecture: TBA

Thurs. Oct. 30

Tues. Nov. 4

Thurs. Nov. 6
Tues. Nov. 11
Thurs. Nov. 13

Lab: Review of proposals

Lecture: Checking in with your team
- Revisiting team dynamics and team member
strengths
Lab: Open
Lecture:
Lab:
Lecture: Technical Content (TBD)
NO CLASS - Remembrance Day
Lecture: What Makes a Successful Project (Panel
discussion from past clients)

Tues. Nov. 18

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Thurs. Nov. 20

Lab: Discussion Groups (see schedule for room and time)

Lecture: Open

Tues. Nov. 25

Lab: Discussion Groups (see schedule for room and time)

Lecture: TBA

First Prototype Due

Thurs. Nov. 27

Lab: First Prototype Demonstration

Lecture: TBA

Team peer evaluations due

Team peer evaluations due

December

Lab: First Prototype Demonstration

NO CLASSES

Tues. Jan. 6

Lecture: Feedback

Thurs. Jan. 8

Lab: Open
Lecture: Creative Media
- An introduction to making videos and animation
for your projects

Tues. Jan. 13

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Thurs. Jan. 15

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Tues. Jan. 20

Lab: Mid-point check-in

Lecture: Open

Thurs. Jan 22

Lab: Open
Lecture: Pitch to Project: Industry advice on working
with clients (Alumni guest speaker)

Tues. Jan 27

Lab: Open
Lecture: Second Prototype Requirements and
expectations

Thurs. Jan. 29

Tues. Feb. 3

Lab: Open
Lecture: Course Feedback
Lab: Open
Lecture: Translating your Capstone into a Career:
Resumes, online profiles and networking

Thurs. Feb. 5

Lab: Media workshop #1- video and animation

Lecture: Communicating with Posters: Guidelines

Tues. Feb. 10

Lab: Media workshop #2 video and animation

Lab: Second Prototype Demonstration (1 pm 5 pm )

Second Prototypes Due

Thurs. Feb. 12

Lab: Second Prototype Demonstration (1 pm 5 pm )

Team peer evaluations due

Second Prototypes Due
Team peer evaluations due

Tues. Feb. 17
Thurs. Feb. 19
Tues. Feb. 24

Reading Week

Thurs. Feb. 26

Lecture: TBA
Lab: Discussion groups
Lecture: TBA

Tues. Mar. 3

Lab: Discussion Groups (see schedule for room and time)

Lecture: Final Prototype Requirements

Thurs. Mar. 5

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Tues. Mar. 10

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Thurs. Mar. 12

Lab: Open
Lecture: Writing Your Final Report
- Guidelines and expectations on what to include in
your final reports

Tues. Mar. 17

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Thurs. Mar. 19

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Tues. Mar. 24

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Thurs. Mar. 26

Lab: Open
Lecture: TBA

Tues. Mar. 31

Thurs. Apr. 2

Lab: Open
Final Prototype Demonstration and Poster Presentation (1
pm 5 pm)

Final Prototype and Posters

Due

Final Prototype Demonstration and Poster Presentation (1

pm 5 pm)

Team peer evaluations due

Final Prototype and Posters
Due
Team peer evaluations due

Tues. Apr. 7
Thurs. Apr. 9

Video Rankings
Last Class Design Celebration

Final Reports Due April 10th