Module Details

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Title MENG INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Code COMP592
Coordinator Prof MR Laraki
Computer Science
Rida.Laraki@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims

To give students the opportunity to work individually, 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 individual work involving the synthesis of advance 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 producing a dissertation that documents the conduct of the project, the solution produced and giving a critical evalution of process and solution.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) At the end of this module students should be able to: work effectively as an individual 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 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 an efficient solution using an appropriate methodology.


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
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Teaching Method 2 - Tutorial
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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

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Recommended Texts

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