Project Proposal

Assignment specifications for the Project Proposal

A project proposal is required (max 2 pages - penalty applies for more pages) to outline what system or application you wish to develop, the motivations, aims, user requirements, required functions, system structures and a plan on how you are going to achieve this.  A proposal template is available to you that you need to use, which will provide you with further details to what is expected to be provided.

As outlined in the `Overview`, student can chose between creating their own project or use one of the alternative projects. Either way, you need to design and develop a system and for this first assignment provide a proposal to implement the type of system (you own or one of the alternative projects) in accordance to the second ("Assignment 1") and third ("Final Project Report") assignment specifications.

For the proposal you are also required to provide a time management plan, which should include the assignment due dates and what is required to be provided in addition to the development requirements.  Please refer to and use the Proposal template for your submission.

General project details

Students enrolled this course will be assessed based on a project work that is developed using the Java language and related techniques (e.g., GUI, Applet, JDBC, etc). 

Please do not use JSP, Servlet, and JavaScript for this project.

Submission

Name the document using your student surname and student number only to keep the filename short. Submit one word document only.

Proposal Template

A proposal template has been created for this assignment and students are requested to use this proposal template.

Proposal Sample

The sample template is there to provide ideas and guidelines. Your own proposal will contain different information specific to your own project (or alternative project).

Marking Criteria

Please ensure to review the marking criteria while you are working on your assignment.

Academic misconduct

Please ensure that you do not share any information about your assignment with anyone. Do not accidentally leave printouts or USB drives that contain your assignment details where someone else can access them. Make sure not to store your assignments on a computer where another student can access your assignment.

Academic misconduct is unacceptable and includes plagiarism, collusion and cheating.  You will find further explanation if you follow the link on the USQ home page to "Current Students" or

Assessment policy

Please ensure to check the USQ assessment procedure

Late submission of Assignments

Students can apply for an extension of time, to submit an assignment, at any time up to the deadline.  You will see a specific Assignment extension request submission has been set up for this purpose.  Any requests for extension must be made there and follow the USQ policies (Assessment:

Please note the maximum number of days that can be applied for

Grade calculation

Please ensure that when you calculate your grade for an assignment to consider the weighting as well.