Module Details
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Title HONOURS YEAR COMPUTER SCIENCE PROJECT
Code COMP390
Coordinator Dr IV Biktasheva
Computer Science
Ivb@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2016-17 Level 6 FHEQ Whole Session 30

Aims
  • To give students the opportunity to work in a guided but independent fashion to explore a substantial computing problem in depth, making practical use of principles, techniques and methodologies acquired elsewhere in the course.
  • To give experience of carrying out a large piece of individual work and in producing a dissertation.
  • To enhance communication skills, both oral and written.

Learning Outcomes
To specify a substantial problem, and produce a plan to address the problem      

To manage their time effectively so as to carry out their plan

To locate and make use of information relevant to their project

To design a solution to a substantial problem
To implement and test their solution
To evaluate in a critical fashion the work they have done, and to place it in the context of related work
To prepare and deliver a formal presentation

To prepare and deliver a demonstration of software

To structure and write a dissertation describing their project

Syllabus
1  1

All projects should contain the following elements: research, design, realisation and evaluation. Particular topics are allocated on an individual basis.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture -

Tutorial -

Laboratory Work -


Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 2

   12

 2

     16
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 284
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
Coursework  The specification re  1  5  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project Specification There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  a design document fo  1  15  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Design Documentation and Presentation There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  15 minute final demo  2  15  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project Demonstration There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  Your task is to prod  2  65  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project Report There is no reassessment opportunity, Notes (applying to all assessments) Written specification This work is not marked anonymously. Design Presentation/Documentation Anonymous marking impossible. Demonstration Anonymous marking impossible. Dissertation This work is not marked anonymously.  

Recommended Texts
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