Module Details
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Title MENG FINAL YEAR PROJECT
Code COMP590
Coordinator Dr IV Biktasheva
Computer Science
Ivb@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2016-17 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 60

Aims
  • To give students the opportunity to work in a guided but independent fashion to explore a substantial problem in depth, making practical use of principles, techniques and methodologies acquired elsewhere in the programme.

  • 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.

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    Learning Outcomes

    After completing the module students should be able:

    • To specify formally a substantial Computer Science problem, and produce a plan to address this problem
    • To manage their time effectively so as to carry out a project plan
    • To locate and make use of information relevant to a given project

    • To do research by their own on a substantial Computer Science problem and to design an efficient 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 formal presentations
    • 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

    Seminar -

    Tutorial -


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

    		 29

    		       30
    Timetable (if known)              
    Private Study 570
    TOTAL HOURS 600

    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  N/A  1  10  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 There is no reassessment opportunity,  
    Coursework  15 mins  1  10  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 There is no reassessment opportunity,  
    Coursework  15 mins  2  20  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 3 There is no reassessment opportunity,  
    Coursework  N/A  2  60  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 4 There is no reassessment opportunity, Notes (applying to all assessments) Specification This work is not marked anonymously Design presentation and documentation This work is not marked anonymously Final presentation including, where appropriate, software demonstration This work is not marked anonymously Dissertation This work is not marked anonymously  

    Recommended Texts
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