| CODE | ICT3906 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Final Year Project in Computing Science for Science Students | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 18 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Information and Communication Technology | ||||||||||||
| 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 written dissertation in the form of a report detailing the context, effort, reasoning and conclusions of the student’s academic endeavour. 2. 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. 3. 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. This study-unit also requires the production of a progress report (to be submitted according to established departmental 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. Study-unit Aims: - To work on one’s own initiative, subject to regular supervision. - To keep to deadlines. - To adequately plan project work. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able: - 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. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Produce adequate user reporting relating to the artefact produced; - Identify and explain the relevant concepts clearly; - Report comprehensively on the work produced. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Project | ||||||||||||
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