Postgraduate Course: Informatics Project Proposal 20 (INFR11291)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The aim of this course is to develop generic research and / or practical skills that can be deployed in academic or commercial environments. Students will demonstrate their ability to develop interesting concepts and / or hypotheses into proposals appropriate for a larger research- or implementation-based project. They will also demonstrate their ability to identify and manage relevant legal, social, ethical and professional issues. |
| Course description |
This course is tightly aligned with the subject of the Informatics Dissertation. The structure and delivery of this course will vary according to the nature of the project/dissertation and will be agreed between student and their supervisor at the start of the semester. Representative activities might include a critical literature review, data preparation, preliminary implementation, or establishing connections and gathering requirements from stakeholders. The student will then produce a project proposal that explains / discusses relevant literature, explores / develops the hypotheses or goals of the project. Students will develop a project management plan including appropriate milestones and approximate times with some justification for these decisions.
Core concepts in project planning will be delivered through a mix of focussed lectures, on-line content and group tutorials. These groups will sometimes be arranged by degree programme to cover specific topics only relevant to that programme. Additional support and feedback will come from the Dissertation supervisor who will be appointed towards the start of the course.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Informatics MSc students only, or by special permission of the School. There is also a possibility of further project dependent pre-requisites. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 9,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
179 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100% |
| Feedback |
Feedback on a wide range of group / individual tasks will be provided during tutorials.
Tutors will offer feedback on a draft of the IPP assessment submission.
Supervisors will offer additional feedback on selected components of the submitted IPP document. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- select and critically evaluate appropriate literature to justify planning decisions with respect to experimental design, theoretical goals, and / or project implementation as appropriate.
- develop a structured proposal for their Dissertation topic / project
- use relevant project management strategies including but not limited to time and resource planning and risk analysis
- review relevant professional issues including ethics, responsible research and data management and apply these to a project proposal as appropriate
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Planning and organising
Academic Writing Skills
Critical / analytical thinking
Ethics and social responsibility |
| Keywords | Project,Proposal,Preparation,Dissertation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Aurora Constantin
Tel: (0131 6) 51 5643
Email: Aurora.Constantin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lindsay Seal
Tel: (0131 6)50 5194
Email: lindsay.seal@ed.ac.uk |
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