Module 12415 (2001)
Syllabus page 2001/2002
06-12415
NC mini-project 1
Level M1
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Outline
The material covered in lectures falls into two areas: information skills -- retrieving and recording bibliographic information from manual and computerised sources; transferable skills -- time management, report writing, oral presentation. Each student also undertakes a piece of research work that can be seen as a preparation for a possible final summer project under the supervision of a research-active member of academic staff. Supervision and the written report should address the development of skills in defining aims, objectives and plans; project and time management skills; systematic literature searching and written and verbal communication skills. There is no requirement for a mini-project to include development of a program. Projects are either negotiated from a list of academic staff's interests or are developed from a student's original idea.
Aims
The aims of this module are to:
- allow the student to deepen their knowledge of an area of computing through individual, supervised study
- learn and develop research skills appropriate to their chosen area of computing
- provide the student with the basis of transferable knowledge and skills necessary for a successful research-oriented career in industry or academia, with a particular orientation to computing-based disciplines.
Learning Outcomes
| On successful completion of this module, the student should be able to: | Assessed by: | |
| 1 | understand modes of communication in the computing sciences | Oral presentation, Written report |
| 2 | appreciate the structure of the literature of the computing sciences in general and a chosen research field in particular | Written report, Project report |
| 3 | methodically search the literature to investigate a research topic | Written report, Project report |
| 4 | make effective presentations both orally and in writing | Oral presentation, Written report, Project report |
| 5 | define aims and objectives for a research project and propose feasible working plans to accomplish the work | Project report |
| 6 | manage their project and their time | Meetings with project supervisor, Project report |
Restrictions, Prerequisites and Corequisites
Restrictions:
None
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
Teaching
Teaching Methods:
2 hrs/week throughout the semester, consisting of a mixture of lectures, seminars and practical sessions; regular meetings with the mini-project supervisor.
Contact Hours:
Assessment
- Supplementary (where allowed): As the sessional assessment
- Continuous assessment (100%), based on (i) up to three practical tasks, including at least one oral presentation and one written report (ii) a written report on the project work undertaken of a length appropriate to the material presented.
Recommended Books
| Title | Author(s) | Publisher, Date |
| Keyguide to artificial intelligence/expert systems | P J Hancox; W J Mills & B J Reid | Mansell, 1990 |
| The Chicago manual of style (14th ed) | University of Chicago Press, 1993 | |
| MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing (2nd ed) | J Gibaldi | Modern Language Association of America, 1998 |
Detailed Syllabus
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Key skills
- document preparation in Latex;
- recording bibliographic information;
- organisation of the research community in the UK and the European Union;
- communication in science.
- Information skills
- retrieving bibliographic information from manual sources;
- retrieving bibliographic information from computerised sources.
- Transferable skills
- intellectual property rights;
- time management;
- report writing;
- oral presentation.
Last updated: 29 July 2001
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