Module COMP3012: COMPUTER SCIENCE PROJECT (40 Credits)

Department: Computer Science

COMP3012: COMPUTER SCIENCE PROJECT (40 Credits)

Prerequisites

• Software Engineering (COMP2092).

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Software Engineering Project (COMP3282).

Aims

• To allow students to conduct a substantial piece of academic, scientific or engineering work as an individual initiative, and to write up and present it in a scholarly fashion.
• Thus furthering the students' analytical skills and their abilities in oral or written communication.
• The module aim is to draw together knowledge, skills and techniques learnt in the previous two years.

Content

• Projects are inevitably and deliberately very varied in the topic they address and in the type of approach required.
• For example they may be practical, theoretical or mathematical.
• For a CS project the main focus of the work will be within some domain of CS.
• All projects allow opportunity for initiative by the student, and are open-ended in that they offer scope for considerably more work than can be achieved in the available time.
• Management of the project is the responsibility of the student, however, the student should seek, and take advantage of, the advice of his or her appointed supervisor in this task.
• One of the main outcomes of the project is a significant report.

Learning Outcomes

• To write and present a scientific report based upon detailed background research, demonstrating strong implementation and evaluation techniques through a substantial piece of work involving the appropriate use of Computer Science approaches.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Students are taught the expectations of the management of projects through the lecture series and personal subject based tuition is given within their tutorials.
• Students will receive regular process meetings with their supervisors giving feedback on the suitability of the implementation and scientific report.
• The research conducted and the implementation developed will be written up in the form of the scientific report.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

This is given to students using the project meeting review forms and the formal deliverable evaluation document used by all tutors.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University