Unit information: Individual Project in 2021/22

Unit name	Individual Project
Unit code	COMS30045
Credit points	40
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Lapinskas
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	Completion of Years 1 and 2 of Computer Science Undergraduate degrees.
Co-requisites	None.
School/department	School of Computer Science
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

The final year project acts as a focus for the accumulated skills resulting from all other units: the overarching goal is application of those skills to a specific, significant challenge or problem. The unit offers a high degree of freedom with respect to project topic, and allows students to spend a significant amount of time and effort on something they are specifically interested in. Ideally this might act as a bridge to a career in such a topic, but will also satisfy more general, transferable learning outcomes

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Read and understood research-level material
2. Identify a well-motivated, scientifically interesting challenge
3. Engage in a suitable approach to solving said challenge (e.g., developed a proof, analysed an algorithm, implemented a system)
4. Critically evaluate a solution in a suitable manner, presented results in written and verbal form
5. Manage their own time
6. Decide and achieved their own objectives.

Teaching Information

Optional workshops and tutorials with the Project Supervisor.

Assessment Information

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. COMS30045).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.