Spring 2027

Computer Sciences Capstone

COMPUTER SCIENCES CAPSTONE involves building a software product from start to finish with a corporate client, using agile techniques like Design Thinking and Scrum, while developing, testing, and documenting the project.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kaiser Pister3.4/5Amber Field

Summary

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Past student reviews · Leah Ujda

Weekly meetings and project progress were compounded by a significant amount of additional busywork, increasing the overall time commitment.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Evaluate and utilize agile techniques such as Design Thinking and Scrum.

  • Demonstrate effective teamwork skills.

  • Develop a software product for a corporate client from start to finish including phases for discovery, design, coding, testing, and documentation.

  • Execute presentation skills by holding weekly demos with corporate client.

  • Examine the types of roles typically present in an agile software development organization such as Product Manager, UX, Scrum Master, engineers, testers, DevOps, etc

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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COMP SCI 400, senior standing, and declared in an undergraduate Computer Sciences major

    • COMPSCI 400
    • senior standing
    • declared in an undergraduate Computer Sciences major
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COMPSCI 620

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  • All of
    • COMPSCI 400
    • senior standing
    • declared in an undergraduate Computer Sciences major

Professors

Spring 2027

Kaiser Pister

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Raw average: 3.00/5 from 15 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=106 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 97.0% A/AB (n=99 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=121 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMBER FIELD is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LEAH UJDA is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1300
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 1300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Leah Ujda

Students felt the course was not set up for success, citing excessive busywork beyond the core group project requirements.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=106 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=148 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=121 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Leah Ujda

Weekly meetings and project progress were compounded by a significant amount of additional busywork, increasing the overall time commitment.

Past student reviews · Leah Ujda

One student described Leah Ujda as a fine professor but criticized the class structure for hindering student success.

Topics

  • Agile software development techniques and new technologies.
  • Roles in agile software development organizations including Product Manager, UX, Scrum Master, engineers, testers, and DevOps.

Skills

  • Evaluate and utilize agile techniques such as Design Thinking and Scrum.
  • Demonstrate effective teamwork skills.
  • Develop a software product for a corporate client from start to finish including phases for discovery, design, coding, testing, and documentation.
  • Execute presentation skills by holding weekly demos with corporate client.
  • Examine the types of roles typically present in an agile software development organization such as Product Manager, UX, Scrum Master, engineers, testers, DevOps, etc

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
COMPSCI 620 · Spring 2027

Computer Sciences Capstone

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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