Module manager: Dr Mark Walkley
Email: M.A.Walkley@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as a discovery module
The individual project is the culmination of three years of computer science studies and provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate a mastery of the subject. This module will see students complete significant research and/or development project related to their degree programme. This module will also see students apply their analysis and evaluation skills to their chosen project in addition to considering the legal, social, ethical and profession components of the project. This module requires students to work alongside academics, in a supervisee/supervisor relationship, to choose and shape the project. Some projects are offered in collaboration with industry which contributes towards commercial awareness.
This module will provide students with the opportunity to consolidate three years of computer science studies.
On successful completion of this module a student will have demonstrated the ability to:
- work independently (under supervision of an academic) to complete a significant individual piece of work which meets a real world need through the application of innovation and/or creativity in an appropriate field relevant to their degree programme.
- consider legal, ethical, social and professional issues concerning their project.
- evaluate reflectively their own performance on the project and identify their strengths and weaknesses as professional computer science practitioners.
- apply practical and analytical skills to synthesise information and provide a quality solution accompanied by an evaluation.
This module covers the following 3 topic areas:
- Academic Skills: finding, reading and analysing scholarly publications, evaluating sources,
- Professional Skills: independent working, project management, oral/written communication and reflective learning. Legal, ethical, social and professional issues.
- Project specific knowledge and skills: knowledge and skills specific to the domain of the project.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision Meetings | 22 | 1 | 22 |
| Lecture | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 372 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 28 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 400 | ||
- Project Aims and Minimum Requirements;
- Mid-Project Report;
- Progress Meeting;
- Regular meetings with supervisor(s).
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Project | Dissertation | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resits will be assessed by resubmission of the dissertation.
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 9/25/2024
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