Module Identifier

COM9060

Module Title

MSC PROJECT

Academic Year

2008/2009

Co-ordinator

Mr Christopher W Loftus

Semester

Available all semesters

Mutually Exclusive

Only available to students registered for the MSc in Computer Science in Singapore.

Pre-Requisite

Successful completion of all other modules; see regulations.

Course Delivery

Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Workload Breakdown	600 hours of private study and assessment

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Dissertation:	100%
Supplementary Assessment	Resubmission under University Guidelines

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

carried out a comparatively small scale piece of computing work, independently;

been informed in their approach to this work by the available literature

thought critically about their work;

analysed and described the work in a clear and well written dissertation.

Brief description

The purpose of the project, on which the dissertation is based, is to demonstrate that the student has acquired the ability to undertake and satisfactorily complete a major piece of work in computing.

Aims

The aim of the MSc project is to demonstrate that students can:

bring together the knowledge acquired from the various modules in the programme and apply it to a major task;
use the professional and academic literature to extend their knowledge to meet the challenges of the project;
critically evaluate other people's work and their own.

Reading List

Recommended Background
J A Sharp and K Howard (1996) The Management of a Student Research Project 2nd Gower,Aldershot Primo search Recommended Text
Frank Bott (1999) MSc in Computer Science: Guidelines for Projects and Dissertations Computer Science Dept, UWA Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7