Postgraduate Course: Informatics Research Proposal (INFR11137)

Course Outline
School	School of Informatics	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The aim of this module is to develop generic research skills that can be deployed in academic or commercial environments. Students will demonstrate their ability to develop interesting concepts and hypotheses into research proposals and demonstrate their ability to identify legal, social, ethical and professional issues. Student and supervisor will work towards agreement on a topic at the start of the semester. The student will then work on a project proposal that explains the hypotheses, project management, milestones with approximate times with some justification for these decisions. Key methodologies should be introduced. This 10 credit course replaces Informatics Research Proposal (Level 11) (INFR11071) - 20 credit course.
Course description	Proposal dependent

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Informatics Research Proposal (INFR11071)	Other requirements	For Informatics PG students only, or by special permission of the School.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 1, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 % The assessment will come from one piece of submitted work: a full research proposal, including background, motivation, and a description of the research methodology and expected outcomes. A good proposal might be organised as follows: * Purpose: a statement of the problem to be addressed. * Background: a short description of how previous work addresses (or fails to address) this problem. * Methods: A description of the methods and techniques to be used to test the hypotheses, indicating that alternatives have been considered and ruled out on sound scientific grounds. * Evaluation: Details of the metrics by which the outcomes will be evaluated. * Consideration of legal, social, ethical or professional issues particular to the project. * Workplan: A timetable detailing what will be done to complete the proposed project, and when these tasks will be completed.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Critically evaluate research literature appropriate for their project subject Use existing research literature to justify experimental design choices Develop a structured research proposal Discuss research proposals with particular reference to key hypotheses and methodological approaches Outline project/research management issues and potential legal, social, ethical or professional issues