Mobile Application Development

CS 4520 / CS5520
College of Computer and Information Science
Northeastern University

Credit Hours:   4SH
Instructor:     Stephen Intille, Ph.D.
Office:   450 West Village H
Email:   ...@neu.edu

Mobile Application Development is a project-oriented course that examines the principles of mobile application design and development. Students will learn application development and design on the Android platform. Students are expected to design and develop a professional-quality mobile application that addresses a real-world problem in an innovative way. Coursework includes project conception, design, implementation, and pilot testing of mobile phone software applications. Preliminary apps built are innovative word games. Fina project apps built focus on health and fitness. For more details, see the syllabus for the appropriate year.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ) from students considering taking the class.

Syllabus:

Spring 2017

Prior Syllabi:

Spring 2016
Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Summer 2011

Competition:

Most semesters a competition is held based on the final projects submitted in the course. Apps are selected by a panel of testers based on creativity of the core idea, interactive experience, and overall execution. Winners and runner-ups are below.

Spring 2016

Cave Escape (Jagroop Hothi)

Runners up:
Diet Stars (Hudson Klebs and Colin Clark)

Virtual Basketball (Rachit Puri and Adib Alwani)

Bite Tracker (Josh Gartman)

  

Spring 2015

Tango Me (Christopher Oliver)

Runners up: Float (Nick Tyler)

Eat it Fresh (Vijay Kliyara Philip)

Spoiler Alert (Daniel Nordness)

  

Fall 2014

LogIt (Dharam Maniar and Ameya Pandilwar)

Runners up:
Windward (Alex Ahmed and Xuan Li)

Rocket Explorer (Herman Saksono)


   

Spring 2014

The Adventures of Walter Macine (Wanfung Lee)

Runners up:
Jump! (Tengjiao Chen, Zhenhang Jiang)
Bubble Pop (Anju Sreevalsan)


    

Fall 2013

Calactive (Dhruvenkumar Shah)

Runners up:
LifeTapper (Kyle Venn, Thomas Meng)
Let's Go Worming (Farnaz Irannejad Bisafar, Huihong Wang)

 

    

Spring 2013

Winning app:
Sound Off (Jonathan Kolb, Lennon Acosta)

Runners up:
GoldCatcher (Yuntao Zhang)
SOAP (James Hardy, Michae Allen)

 

    

Fall 2012

Winning app:
Rocket Rush (Bin Bo, Wenjing Wang)

Runners up:
Move It! Tetris (Eduard Llamosi)
PlateChart (Dan Calacci, Jayson Ng)
ZenDiver (Oliver Wilder-Smith, Mansoor Pervaiz)

 

  

Summer 2011

Winning app:
JoggleBoggle (Rashmi Nayak, Pratibha Rana)

Runners up:
Street Pac (Hao Shu, Jun Wang)
Drop and Give Me (Matt Garnes, Daniel Bostwick)
Beat Bob (Alex Nikolayev)
Real-Life RPG (Trevor Sontag)


Alum apps:

Here are a few apps that I'm aware of that have been deployed out on the app store by alums of the course, some based on their class projects. I'm sure there are many more because numerous alums have careers in mobile development. (Alums: let me know if there are apps to add here)