Undergraduate Course: MInf Project (Part 2) (INFR11093)
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 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This is the second 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 second half continues from MInf Project (Part 1) starting with work identified in the Conclusion section of the report for MInf Project (Part 1). It is expected that work here will go into greater depth, the work carried out is not necessarily limited to that which was identified in MInf Project (Part 1). |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | For MInf fifth year students only |
Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
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
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 2)'.
- Introduction and synopsis, in which the project topic is described and the achievements of MInf Project (Part 1) are briefly summarised (no more than 10 pages).
- 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, and unsolved problems and directions for further work are presented. References to MInf Project (Part 1) would be relevant here.
- 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 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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