Module Details

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Title MENG GROUP PROJECT
Code COMP591
Coordinator Prof MR Laraki
Computer Science
Rida.Laraki@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 30

Aims

To give students the opportunity to work in a group, in a guided but independent fashion, on a substantial problem that allows to show innovation and/or creativity and allows to make practical use of principles, techniques and methodologies acquired elsewhere in the programme. To give experience of carrying out a large piece of group work involving the synthesis of advanced information, ideas and practices in order to provide a quality solution together with an critical evaluation of the process and the solution. To enhance communication skills, both oral and written, in particular through collaboratively producing a report that documents the conduct of the project, the solution produced and giving a critical evalution of process and solution.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Work effectively and cooperatively within a team, taking on various roles within the team, on a substantial problem that allows to show innovation and/or creativity and allows to make practical use of principles, techniques and methodologies acquired elsewhere in the programme.

(LO2) Specify formally a problem, showing awareness of the wider context and identification of issues that such context might cause, and produce a plan to address this problem.

(LO3) Manage their time effectively both individually as well as a team so as to carry out a project plan.

(LO4) Locate and synthesise general and research information on concepts, ideas, and practices, relevant to a given project.

(LO5) Undertake research on their own on a substantial Computer Science problem and to devise as a team an efficient solution using an appropriate methodology.

(LO6) Evaluate in a critical fashion the work the group has done, and to place it in the context of related work;.

(LO7) Prepare and deliver formal presentations, including, where appropriate, an overview of the methodology used, the design of a solution, and the demonstration of software.

(LO8) Collaboratively produce a report describing the conduct of the project, the solution produced and giving a critical evalution of process and solution.

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Influencing skills – argumentation

(S4) Working in groups and teams - Group action planning

(S5) Working in groups and teams - Leadership

(S6) Research skills - All Information skills

(S7) Research skills - Ethical awareness

(S8) Personal attributes and qualities - Assertiveness

(S9) Personal attributes and qualities - Flexibility/Adaptability


Syllabus

 

Guidance on various aspects of the project will be provided via seminars, tutorials, and through the project supervisors.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Seminar
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided

Teaching Method 2 - Tutorial
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   1

4

      5
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 295
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :1  15 minutes    20       
Assessment 3 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :1  15 minutes    20       
Assessment 4 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :1  N/A    60       

Recommended Texts

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