Module Identifier | SEM9060 | ||
Module Title | MENG PROJECT | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Mark Ratcliffe | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Mutually Exclusive | Only available to students registered for the degree of MEng in Software Engineering. | ||
Assessment | Supplementary examination | Will take the same form, under the terms of the Department's policy | |
Major Project | A mark of at least 40% in CS49060 is required for an honours degree | 100% | |
Further details | http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/ModuleInfo/SEM9060 |
2. Written Material
Various written material giving guidance on carrying out the project, assessment issues, and the project submission is provided via the department webserver. Students are expected to spend perhaps twenty hours in an average week on the project and to see their supervisor once a week. This course is assessed on the written report submitted by the student. Reports must be submitted by the end of the first week in May. Students will also be required to give a presentation of their project in the form of a seminar, which will account for 10% of the assessment.
The purpose of the CS49060 project is to give students the opportunity to bring together the practical skills and theoretical understanding that they have acquired, by developing a complete product from the stage of specifying requirements through to demonstrating that the product does indeed satisfy those requirements. This process involves market analysis, producing appropriate documentation, including documentation of the design decisions made, and product evaluation.
The projects typically involve developing a piece of software from an initial statement of requirements through market analysis, costing, specification and design stages, to successful implementation, testing, and product evaluation. Some projects may include a hardware element.
Projects are normally chosen in consultation with the MEng coordinator or the potential supervisor.