Senior Portfolio Evaluation for Computer Science Majors

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Lincoln University


Name of Student ____________________________________ Student ID_________________

Major Program ________________________ Semester of Graduation ____________________

Evaluation Committee __________________________________________________________

Portfolio Contents (check if included)

   Entrance Interview upon declaration of the major (form attached).
   Transcripts showing satisfactory completion of all required courses (see major).
   Capstone Course summary, including location, date, abstract or report, and evaluation of
 any supervisor (internship/seminar evaluation form attached).
   Minimum of 5 projects/reports submitted by the student demonstrating application of the
 content of the major to achieve learner competencies (see major), e.g. projects completed for
 courses; analysis of literature; description of attendance at professional conferences; summary
  of research; oral presentations or posters, tests/quizzes; etc.
   Self-Evaluation of Portfolio
   Peer Evaluation of Portfolio
   Teacher Recommendations
   Scores from a professional or comprehensive exam if available (e.g. GRE, Praxis, etc)
   Exit Interview upon graduation (form attached).

Please rate the student on a scale from 1 to 4 as follows:

   (4) Outstanding
   (3) Good
   (2) Fair
   (1) Poor
   N/A Not applicable.

1. Demonstrate mastery of a minimum of three programming languages such as Visual C++, Java, and Visual BASIC in terms of both grammar and the set of commands. The student's learning will include procedural, object- oriented, event-driven, and GUI/ component-based programming as well as general understanding of formal languages and compilers. ____________

2. Solve problems and analyze algorithms. The students must become skillful in solving mathematics, science, and business problems, and be able to analyze and apply algorithms in solving problems in these and other disciplines. ____________

3. Be able to read, analyze, organize, and use data. The students must become competent in managing data. This includes, database design and modeling, and using the proper data structures to organize and store data, so that it can be used as information. ____________

4. Demonstrate mastery of the fundamental concepts of computer organization and fundamentals of computer architecture, mostly from a software developer's point of view. This includes understanding the logical gates, how CPU executes machine instructions, how the operating systems handles multitasking jobs, etc. ____________

5. Be able to read and write technically and communicate ideas in the discipline. ____________

6. Be prepared for postgraduate education and/or a career. ____________

7. Overall academic performance in the major. ____________

8. Overall academic performance in the university. ____________

Additional comments regarding the performance of the Student in Completing the Major:

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* Please attach any other Evaluation material

________________________________     has satisfactorily completed the requirements of the Senior Portfolio.
Student Name

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Computer Science Director's signature               Date

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Student's signature                                             Date

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