Honours Project (Informatics) (U01973)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : INF-4-PROJ

This is a major project and is intended to allow students to demonstrate their ability to organise and carry out a substantial piece of work. The project involves both the application of skills learnt in the past and the acquisition of new skills. Typical areas of activity will be: gathering and understanding background information; solving conceptual problems; design; implementation; experimentation and evaluation; writing up.

The project is conducted individually by the student under the supervision of a member of teaching staff. The project specification is usually provided by a member of staff, but students are also free to specify their own project. All project specifications must be approved by the Project Coordinator.

For a single honours Informatics degree, the project will normally involve the construction of an artifact, whether software, hardware, a robotic device, some other artifact incorporating computation, or some combination of these. This requirement does not necessarily apply to combined honours degrees.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. There is also a possibility of further project dependent pre-requisites.

? Prohibited combinations : This course is not avilable to VUG students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Informatics, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the project, students will be able to:
* Structure and summarise a body of knowledge relating to a substantial project topic in Informatics.
* Critically evaluate previous work in the area.
* Conduct a programme of work in further investigation of issues related to the topic.
* Discuss and solve conceptual problems which arise during the investigation.
* Justify design decisions made during the investigation.
* Critically evaluate the investigation.
* Present their work orally and visually, with demonstration of working artifacts where appropriate.