What is Design Studio
The Design Studio faculty and staff of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management are seeking highly qualified rising Junior & Senior students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering as well as the College of Business Honors Academy to become Raikes School Design Studio Associates this fall. (Currently we can only offer Capstone substitution for those majors, but we are happy to talk with your advisor about how Design Studio might fit into your academic plan!)How is Design Studio Different?
The Design Studio class is made up of real-world product development and software engineering projects for local, regional, and national companies such as Microsoft, Hudl, Spreetail, Mutual of Omaha, Olsson, Kiewit, and many others. The projects go through the entire software development life cycle and span the entire academic year. These projects vary in subject matter, but all end in an innovative technology deliverable. We work with numerous exciting technologies including .NET, JavaScript, machine learning, data analytics, Web Services, mobile, cloud, artificial intelligence, etc. and get to learn from and collaborate with many experts in the field.
The experience you would receive through these projects is unmatched from any other class on campus or even in most universities. This is truly a unique and very beneficial opportunity. We also have several options with how Design Studio can fit into your academic plans and count towards your degree and graduation. It is a direct and complete substitution for Senior Design.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- How does Design Studio work with Senior Design?
- Design Studio is a direct substitution for Senior Design
- Both are two-semesters long
- Generally, all CS and CE students are required to take one or the other
- Raikes School and SE students are required to take two years
- What types of projects are there?
- Typical project focuses in DS:
- Data analytics
- Machine learning/AI
- Web & mobile apps
- Embedded/hardware
- How do you learn about projects?
- Have sponsors rollout projects to students during first week of class
- How do you express interest in a project?
- Opportunity to meet with pre-assigned team managers to discuss wants/needs/fit
- Apply for desired projects via DS System
- How are teams assigned?
- Use a dual preference-based model
- Students submit their drop ranking of all projects
- Managers submit their top 10/bottom 2 applicants
- Assignments are made for the benefit of overall preference maximization
- How are students graded?
- Grades are about 80% team based
- 45% based on product release evaluations
- 30% on team behaviors and process
- 5% on cross-team activities
- And 20% individual based
- 10% Ethics or special topics presentations
- 10% individual student assessment by faculty
- When does the class meet?
- Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 to 3:15
- What leadership roles are available for Associates?
- Associates returning for a second year in Design Studio are expected to be in a leadership role on a team
- Either Product Manager or Development Manager
- Neither the Product Manager or Development Manager Role is currently available to Associates during their first year in DS unless they have SD leadership experience already
- Plenty of within team leadership opportunities
- Who are our sponsors?