Undergraduate Course: System Design Project (INFR09032)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Informatics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Informatics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/sdp |
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| Course description |
The System Design Project is intended to give students practical experience of (a) building a large scale system (b) working as members of a team. The project involves applying and combining material from several courses to complete a complex design and implementation task. At the end of course each group demonstrates its implemented system and gives a formal presentation to an audience of the students, supervisors, and visitors from industry. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School.
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 09:00 - 09:50, Zone: Central. Room / Venue to be confirmed by ITO |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Working as members of a team.
2 - Planning and monitoring the effort of a project to meet milestones and deadlines.
3 - Designing and implementing a complex and multi-faceted system.
4 - Attempting to achieve a difficult objective within a limited time-scale.
5 - Drawing together knowledge and understanding of wide areas of software and hardware systems.
6 - Demonstrating and presenting the outcome from a practical project.
7 - Documenting the feasibility, design and development of a potential product. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 0
Assessed Assignments 90
Oral Presentations 10
Assessment
The assessment is based on the achievements of the project work described above and its documentation, typically a design specification, a feasibility report, a management report and an implementation report. Each group member also submits an individual document describing his/her contribution to the project.For each student, 50% of the marks will be based on the achievements of the group and %50 on his or her individual report. Students who make no contribution to the work of the group will receive a mark of 0%. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Marcelo Cintra
Tel: (0131 6)50 5118
Email: mc@inf.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Tamise Totterdell
Tel: 0131 650 9970
Email: t.totterdell@ed.ac.uk |
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