MP 51/52

COSI For Credit

Variable Credit

Spring 2021

Instructor

Jeanna Matthews

Office: Science Center 389

Phone: 268-6288

E-mail: jnm@clarkson.edu

Homepage: http://www.clarkson.edu/~jnm

Meeting Times

Regular COSI/CS Labs meetings are Weds 7:30 PM. Normally these meetings are in the SC 334/336 lab, but due to COVID this semester meetings are via virtual platforms such as Zoom. There will also be workdays and other meetings as announced.

It is also important to join the cslabs mailing lists so you receive regular announcements.

Lab Director(s)

Chris Mahoney

Resources

Expectations

MP*51 is a set of multidisciplinary project courses that have been set up to award course credit for participation in COSI and for open source projects in general. MP151 is for freshman, MP251 for sophomores, MP351 is for juniors, MP451 is for seniors and MP551 is for graduate students. It is available to enroll in each of these courses for between 0 and 3 credits.

When you enroll in an MP*51 course, the number of credit hours you register for determines the expectations. There are also some activities that are required of all students enrolled in an MP*51 course even those taking MP*51 for zero credits. The following table describes these expectations. Exceptions can be made to adjust requirements on a case by case basis (e.g. taking 2 credits but not following an existing open source group because you are contributing heavily to an open source project), but that requires prior discussion and arrangement.

Everyone including zero credit students are responsbile for attending regular COSI meetings, submitting a web page at the beginning of the semester with agreed upon goals, submitting a web page at midterm time and at the end of the semester detailing achievements/contributions and contributing to COSI-wide projects as specified by the student directors and faculty advisor of COSI. Students present their web portfolio in the lab meetings at the end of the semester and often at the midterm time as well.

Grading: 50% Participation/Attendance + 50% Web Portfolio and Verbal Presentation of Research

Credits Description Requirements

0 Attend Attend regular COSI meetings
5 hours contribution to overall COSI projects including open houses, lab maintenance
Web page summarizing experiences/contributions at midterm time and updated for end of semester

1 Learn, Summarize and Report All requirements for 0 credits.
Overall projects should require approximately 3 hours per week of work. Additional 5 hours contribution (10 total) to overall COSI projects including open houses. lab maintenace
Actively seek knowledge on specific topics related to computing and open source software, master new skills
Share what you are learning with others, produce tutorials/documentation
Take on an active role/responsibility in the lab.
Must produce and post documentation about what you learned.

2 Teach/Outreach All requirements for 1 credits.
Overall projects should require approximately 6 hours per week of work. Additional 5 hours contribution (15 total) to overall COSI projects including open houses. lab maintenace
Run a workshop or lab session in which you share your expertise with others
Must produce and post notes/presentation materials.
Take on active role/responsibility in the lab.

3 Produce/Solve/Lead All requirements for 2 credits.
Overall projects should require approximately 9 hours per week of work Additional 5 hours contribution (20 total) to overall COSI projects including open houses. lab maintenace
Produce specific improvements to COSI and the open source community (write code for an open source project, take a leadership role in managing/maintaining the COSI lab )

Credits	Description	Requirements
0	Attend	Attend regular COSI meetings 5 hours contribution to overall COSI projects including open houses, lab maintenance Web page summarizing experiences/contributions at midterm time and updated for end of semester
1	Learn, Summarize and Report	All requirements for 0 credits. Overall projects should require approximately 3 hours per week of work. Additional 5 hours contribution (10 total) to overall COSI projects including open houses. lab maintenace Actively seek knowledge on specific topics related to computing and open source software, master new skills Share what you are learning with others, produce tutorials/documentation Take on an active role/responsibility in the lab. Must produce and post documentation about what you learned.
2	Teach/Outreach	All requirements for 1 credits. Overall projects should require approximately 6 hours per week of work. Additional 5 hours contribution (15 total) to overall COSI projects including open houses. lab maintenace Run a workshop or lab session in which you share your expertise with others Must produce and post notes/presentation materials. Take on active role/responsibility in the lab.
3	Produce/Solve/Lead	All requirements for 2 credits. Overall projects should require approximately 9 hours per week of work Additional 5 hours contribution (20 total) to overall COSI projects including open houses. lab maintenace Produce specific improvements to COSI and the open source community (write code for an open source project, take a leadership role in managing/maintaining the COSI lab )

Web Portfolio Instructions

Each student will have a directory where they should describe their work. At the beginning, the page you build should contain your name, the class you are taking, the number of credits and list of goals/deliverabled you are expecting to tackle.

I recommend adding to the pages throughout the semester as you do/accomplish pieces of the work (describing what you do, linking to work you produce, etc.), but will officially check the pages at the midterm time and at the end of the semester. At the end of the semester, students should also present their web portfolios in the weekly meeting.

Students

Name	Course	Hours
Andy Mahoney	451	3
Chris Mahoney	351	3
Joe DiNicola	351	2

Students (Directed Studies Besides MP*/Not Particularly Related to COSI)

Name	Course	Hours
Yan Chen	CS 412	4

MP *51/*52