| CODE | CCE2901 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Group Project | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objective A group practical task (GAPT) is a purpose-designed piece of work that is intended to assess the student's mastery of the major project-related skills, including: (i) intellectual engagement: the ability of the student to discover, absorb, master and reflect upon theoretical knowledge, accepted practice and methodologies relating to the field in question, (ii) engineering: the ability to successfully harness theory in the service of the practical task at hand, as judged by the quality of any artifacts produced, (iii) self organisation: this includes aspects of project planning (the ability to divide the project into manageable subparts), time management (i.e. the ability to define and execute a schedule for achieving the subparts) and personal drive (ability to take own initiative), and (iv) communication: the ability to successfully present the work undertaken both in written and oral form. Students are expected to produce: (i) an artifact such as a working program, a digital system design, a description of a process or relation, or a framework/methodology (ii) a report, up to 10,000 words in length, containing a comprehensive written account of the task as carried out, including background (with a literature survey where appropriate), objectives, chosen approach, description of the artifact (with relevant documentation in the case of a working program), conclusions and bibliography, and (iii) a presentation of duration 10 mins in which to present the work undertaken before an audience including the supervisor and examiner. The aims of a Group Assigned Practical Task (GAPT) are, in addition,: • to ensure that some practical teamwork skills are instilled amongst the arsenal of skills given to our graduates; • to make students aware of the pros and cons of teamwork; • to assess how teamwork skills were assimilated and applied by students. It is suggested that the group size should be not less than three and not more than four students. Teams of five students may be considered in extraordinary cases depending on the project’s nature. The team should have a “leader” who will act as an internal rallying point and an external liaison. The responsibilities of the “leader” are set at the discretion of the lecturer who is supervising the GAPT. The work output resulting from a GAPT will be roughly equivalent to a project resulting from, at least, 125 hours of effort. Textbooks: • https://www.um.edu.mt/ict/UG/DayDegrees/Yr2GAPT |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Project | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Adrian F. Muscat (Co-ord.) |
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