Undergraduate Course: MInf Project Phase 1 (INFR10038)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/mpp1 |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | MInf Project Phase 1 is the second of three courses which comprise the M.Inf Project process. Collectively, these courses involve the student in a substantial piece of practical work, conducted individually under the supervision of a member of teaching staff. They allow students to demonstrate their ability to devise, organise and carry out a substantial investigation into a problem in Informatics, according to sound scientific and engineering principles, and to deepen the student's competence in a particular area of Informatics. 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.
In MInf Project Phase 1, the student begins execution of the project plan and writes a short interim progress report, describing work conducted so far and any resulting changes to the original plan. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For MInf fourth year students only. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Conduct a programme of work in initial investigation of the topic under study.
2 - Discuss and solve conceptual problems which arise during the initial investigation.
3 - Justify initial design decisions.
4 - Critically evaluate progress and revise goals, methodologies and workplan as appropriate. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 0
Assessed Assignments 100
The course is assessed on the basis of a written interim project report of around eight pages. A good interim report might be organised as follows:
Context: a brief review of the project and original plan.
Progress: a description of work undertaken so far (e.g. design, prototype implementation, preliminary results).
Plan Review: a discussion of the impact of progress on the plan for phase 2 (e.g. revised goals or timetable, extensions).
Revised Workplan: A timetable detailing what will be done in phase 2.
The two markers independently allocate a numerical mark. These are used to determine the final mark, which is normally the average of the two marks. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Project dependent |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Project dependent |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures 0
Tutorials 0
Timetabled Laboratories 0
Non-timetabled assessed assignments 0
Private Study/Other 200
Total 200 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Aspinall
Tel: (0131 6)50 5177
Email: David.Aspinall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Farrow
Tel: (0131 6)50 2706
Email: Kate.Farrow@ed.ac.uk |
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