Individual Dissertation Single Honours
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| COMP3025 | Computer Science | 3 | 40 | Full Year Malaysia |
- Code
- COMP3025
- School
- Computer Science
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 40
- Semesters
- Full Year Malaysia
Summary
Students are required to perform an individual project on a topic in computer science. Each student has a supervisor who is a member of the academic staff. The topic can be any area of the subject which is of mutual interest to both the student and supervisor. Through a one hour lecture and a tutorial with your supervisor each week, youll develop your own independent research project and written report. Topics can range from purely theoretical studies to practical work building a system for some third party, although most projects aim to provide a balance between the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. Guidelines on word length of dissertation are flexible to accommodate differing types of project work (e.g. balance between theory and practice) undertaken.
Target Students
Third year undergraduate students in the School of Computer Science on the following courses: BSc Computer Science (G400), BSc Software Engineering (G601).
Classes
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Activities may take place every teaching week of the Semester or only in specified weeks. It is usually specified above if an activity only takes place in some weeks of a Semester. Further Activity Details: Supporting lectures. Meetings to be arranged with supervisors
Assessment
- 75% Dissertation Report: 15 000 word project report in printed and electronic form (PDF). The source code must also be included in the submission.
- 15% Software Demonstration: Demonstration of project results.
- 10% Interim Report: Interim report including draft table of contents, background, details of any design and implementation achieved so far, and a brief progress report with reflections based on the project plan.
Educational Aims
To give each student the opportunity to study one aspect of computer science in detail. The work will normally involve the development of a software system.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding: Individual projects may arise from any area of the curriculum and so may address any of the knowledge and understanding outcomes.
Intellectual Skills: The ability to think independently while giving due weight to the arguments of others. The ability to understand complex ideas and relate them to specific problems or questions. The ability to analyse systematically and effectively, substantial quantities of information.
Professional Skills: Enhanced programming abilities. The ability to comprehend and apply software engineering methodologies.
Transferable Skills: The ability to plan, organisation and execute project work. The ability to communicate their results to others.
Conveners
- Mr Krishnan Selvaraj