Undergraduate Course: MInf Project (Part 1) (INFR10051)
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 | 40 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://course.inf.ed.ac.uk/mip1 |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This is the first half a major project that runs over the fourth and fifth years. It 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.
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 first half consists of a project that is essentially self contained but it should be planned in such a way as to allow for expansion and greater depth for the following year. Note that as this is the first half of an 80 point project it is recognized that a longer planning phase might be involved as compared to a standard UG4 project. In any case, the report should include a clear account of this aspect along with a justification. |
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
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
(
Other Study Hours 392,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Notes |
Individual Project study
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Structure and summarise a body of knowledge relating to a substantial project topic in Informatics.
2. Critically evaluate previous work in the area.
3. Conduct a programme of work in further investigation of issues related to the topic.
4. Discuss and solve conceptual problems which arise during the investigation.
5. Justify design decisions made during the investigation.
6. Critically evaluate the investigation.
7. Present work orally and visually, with demonstration of working artifacts where appropriate. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 0
Assessed Assignments 100
The project is assessed on the basis of a written report which should
typically contain:
- Title page with abstract (a one or two paragraph summary of the contents). The title page must include a prominent line stating `MInf Project (Part 1)'.
- Introduction and synopsis, in which the project topic is described and set in the context of published literature, and the main results are briefly summarised.
- Discussion of the work undertaken, in which the various sub-problems, solutions and difficulties are examined.
- If appropriate, a description of experiments undertaken, a presentation of the data gleaned from them, and an interpretation of that data.
- Conclusion, in which the main achievements are reviewed. In addition unaddressed problems and directions for the MInf Project (Part 2) are presented.
- Bibliography.
After submission the student makes a presentation to the two markers. This presentation does not make an explicit contribution to the overall mark, but it does inform the markers' assessment of the report. |
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 400
Total 400 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mary Cryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 5153
Email: mcryan@inf.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Farrow
Tel: (0131 6)50 2706
Email: Kate.Farrow@ed.ac.uk |
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