| CODE | ICT3004 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Applied Practical Task in Computing Science for Science Students | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Information and Communication Technology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is a project intended to be taken by students from the Faculty of Science who choose Computing Science as an area of study. An advanced project 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 form. Students are expected to produce: (i) an artifact such as a working program, a proof, a description of a process or relation, or a framework/methodology; (ii) a report, up to a maximum of 15,000 words or 30 pages, that comprises a review of the literature and background, aims and objectives, chosen approach, a written account of the task as carried out, description of the artifact, conclusions and bibliography; At the discretion of the Board of Studies, the assignment may be offered as a group project to students working in groups of 2-4. Study-unit Aims: The aim of the study-unit is to assess the student’s ability in Computing Science where this area has not been chosen for the final year project, and to develop skills in scientific research, investigation and analysis, and scientific report writing. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse a problem and identify the Computer Science techniques to solve it; - Describe how the proposed solution is related to significant relevant literature; - Explain how the Computer Science techniques analysed will solve the problem; - Explain how the solution should be evaluated; - Explain why the technology adopted is appropriate for the problem; - Explain the results obtained following the evaluation; - Describe the process of problem analysis, solution design and implementation, evaluation, and analysis of results in a written report. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Investigate existing approaches to solving the problem outlined in the Advanced Project description; - Critically review significant relevant literature; - Design and implement a solution using appropriate Computer Science techniques for the problem described in the APT description; - Measure the solution's accuracy or suitability using an appropriate evaluation method; - Write a scientific project report in an appropriate style; - Organise the work to be carried out to complete the Advanced Project on time. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Project | ||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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