Module Details

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Title MENG GROUP PROJECT
Code COMP591
Coordinator Dr IV Biktasheva
Computer Science
Ivb@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2016-17 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 givin g a critical evalution of process and solution.


  • Learning Outcomes

    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;

    specify formally a , showing awareness of the wider context and identification of issues that such context might cause, and produce a plan to address this problem;

    manage their time effectively both individually as well as a team so as to carry out a project plan;
    locate and synthesise general and research information on concepts, ideas, and practices, relevant to a given project;

    undertake research on their own on a substantial Computer Science problem and to devise as a team an efficient solution using an appropriate methodology;

    evaluate in a critical fashion the work the group has done, and to place it in the context of related work;

    prepare and deliver formal presentations, including, where appropriate, an overview of the methodology used, the design of a solution, and the demonstration of software;

    collaboratively produce a report describing the conduct of the project, the solution produced and giving a critical evalution of process and solution.


    Syllabus

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

    Teaching and Learning Strategies

    Seminar -

    Tutorial -


    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
    Coursework  15 minutes  10  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 
    Coursework  15 minutes  10  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 
    Coursework  15 minutes  20  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 3 
    Coursework  N/A  60  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 4 Notes (applying to all assessments) Four Continuous Assessment Assignments are as following: 1) Specification presentation and documentation (10% of the final mark), This work will not be marked anonymously; 2) Interim presentation and progress report (10% of the final mark), This work will not be marked anonymously; 3) Final presentation including, where appropriate, software demonstration (20% of the final mark), This work will not be marked anonymously; and 4) Group report, individual report, peer assessment (60% of the final mark), This work will not be marked anonymously, This is the final assessment of the project.  

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