| CODE | CCE3910 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Final Year Project | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 20 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The final-year project is the largest single piece of work assigned to students throughout their degree. It is intended both to consolidate the skills gained throughout the degree programme as well as prepare students to undertake and participate in projects upon graduation. Thus, the aims as well as the criteria of assessment of the final-year project are rather wide-ranging. The assessable parts of this study-unit shall be as follows: 1. A Review Report, in the form of a 6-page scientific paper, whose aim is to demonstrate the skills of the student in condensing the salient and relevant parts of his/her effort in the form of a review, highlighting the road-map of the scientific method that was adopted in tackling the issues that were exposed through the student’s background research, (including the background research itself), work carried out, results obtained, and conclusions drawn. This can also serve as a summary of the student’s work, as well as to guide the assessment process of the external examiner. 2. A written dissertation in the form of a report detailing the context, effort, reasoning and conclusions of the student’s academic endeavour. The specific qualities expected in this dissertation are summarized below: Work • Originality: to conceive of and develop original ideas and designs; • Research methods: to use sound scientific methods of research; • Problem-solving skills: to solve problems in a structured and rational manner; • Achievement: to produce complete and correctly functioning artefacts. Management • to work on one’s own initiative, subject to a minimum of one (1) communication per month between student and supervisor; • to keep to deadlines; • to adequately plan project work; • to coordinate with third parties (including artefacts developed by such). Communications Skills • to produce adequate user documentation relating to the artefact produced; • to identify and explain the relevant concepts clearly; • to report comprehensively on the work produced. The recommended number of pages for the dissertation write-up is 60 pages. The maximum number of pages is 75 inclusive of the bibliography. In exceptional cases, additional pages may be accepted (up to 15 pages) with the approval of the supervisor(s) and Head of Department. Requests for additional pages must reach Faculty office, one month before submission. Students are required to refer to guidelines for more information in connection to layout and formatting. Strict adherence to the guidelines is expected. 3. A presentation highlighting the effective and prominent elements of the student’s overall effort. In this presentation, the student should demonstrate adequate skills at verbally communicating his/her ideas and reasoning, as well as adequate skills in the preparation and use of suitable presentation techniques and material. This study-unit also requires the production of a progress report (to be submitted according to departmental established procedures), which needs to be agreed upon, approved and signed off, by both student and supervisor(s). Further work on this study unit can only proceed after due sign off of this report. A suitable poster displaying the highlights of the student’s project is also required as part of the deliverables of this study unit (Further details about the format of this poster can be found online on www.um.edu.mt/ict). Students are obliged to submit the poster in terms of Regulation 79 of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004. Students who fail to submit the poster may not be permitted to graduate. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: • https://www.um.edu.mt/ict/UG/DayDegrees/FYPDay |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Project | |||||||||
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