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MIT AITI Philippines Summer 2012
Check-UP: Course Curriculum Checklist is an Android application made for and by students of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The application requires the user's registration year and course. It then uses the corresponding curriculum to track the subjects that a student has already taken and has yet to take. It will also display the student's academic standing and give suggestions on which subjects to take for the next semester. Statistics such as General Weighted Average (GWA), units left, years left, P.E.'s left, and more will help the student succeed in school.
The university's current system allows students to choose their subjects with recommendations for each semester written in a course's curriculum. However, problems occur when:
- the student fails a subject that is a prerequisite of another,
- the subject is not offered during the current semester, or
- the subject has no more available slots.
In such cases, the student may take a subject that would be an unwise spending of resources. Worse, the student’s academic stay might be extended.
UP provides students the highest quality education at a lower cost. Mistaken units and mismanaged semesters translate to unproductive spending of taxpayer money.
Our application will advise the student by providing the following features:
- given a course and year of first enrollment, the application will show the corresponding curriculum,
- given the subjects already taken, the application will show the remaining subjects and the minimum number of semesters to complete the course,
- given a course desired to shift in, the application will show the credited subjects already taken, and the necessary subjects left to take,
- given a type of subject, the application will list applicable classes (e.g. given “Free Elective”, show “French 10”), sorted by popularity
In the initial release, the application’s target are the undergraduate students of University of the Philippines Diliman, whose number is approximately 15,000. We particularly target the freshmen, transferees, shiftees, and graduating students. Future releases can cater to all students of the entire University of the Philippines System.
Admittedly, it caters to a small population compared to other applications with wider scopes. Still, we are determined to make an application to do things easier and better than what is currently practiced. We believe that great things start from small ones.
Our team is composed of bright and competent UP Diliman students with extensive experience in software development.
In addition to talent, we are enthusiastic about our project, and believe that its accomplishment will be our contribution to the university which educated us well.
Read more about us on the Development Team page.