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- | Please see the module | + | This is the main page for information about the 60 credit master' |
- | * [[https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ | + | * [[masters_dissertation_guide|Master' |
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- | You will also receive further information about your final year project by e-mail. E-mails relevant to everyone are also available below. | + | **Project Coordinator**: |
+ | ===== Project Selection ===== | ||
- | ====== Project Guides ====== | + | In term two, you are going to select your project. Below are guides on proposing projects and selecting your project using PATS. |
- | These guides are meant to help you produce good final year project | + | * **[[Project Proposals]]**: |
+ | * **[[Project Supervision]]**: | ||
- | An important point to remember is that the report should describe your work. Large chunks of bookwork describing standard material are unnecessary. You should simply refer to such material where necessary - assume that your reader is a competent computer or information systems theorist or practitioner. | + | ===== Deliverables ===== |
- | The guidelines here are arranged roughly in the order that you will need them. For undergraduate projects much of the information given here is based upon the ideas presented in the first year module on “Professional Skills” (CM0128). Therefore we recommend that you refer back to that module’s notes. | + | This is an overview of the expected deliverables and tasks you must execute for your project. You also find the required deliverables with their submission deadlines under your PATS project details. |
- | Your project supervisor will guide you on what it is reasonable to expect a project in your chosen topic to deliver. However, all projects are required to justify all decisions made at every stage of research and the development | + | * **Dissertation**: |
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- | ===== Project Writing | + | For information about submitting a report via PATS, please see the **[[Submission |
- | A final report must be submitted at the end of the summer period. Guidance for writing this report is given in | + | If you have any **extenuating circumstances**, |
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- | ===== Technical Guides | + | ===== Assessment |
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- | Please find further information below on how to use PATS, prepare the various deliverables in a suitable format and related technical issues. | + | |
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- | * [[Submission Guide]]: General instructions on how to submit the reports and plans for your final year project via PATS. | + | |
- | * [[PDF Guide]]: Instructions on how to create PDF files required for all submissions via PATS. | + | |
- | * [[Checksums]]: | + | |
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- | ====== Project Coordinator ====== | + | |
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+ | The mark is based on your **project approach**, **argument**, | ||
+ | * Project approach: | ||
+ | * A professional approach is used. | ||
+ | * Appropriate methods and tools are used. | ||
+ | * Argument: | ||
+ | * The dissertation is well structured. | ||
+ | * The dissertation justifies its conclusions. | ||
+ | * Products: | ||
+ | * The products deal with the problem appropriately. | ||
+ | * The products make a contribution to knowledge. | ||
+ | * Reflection | ||
+ | * The student has developed insight and understanding. | ||
+ | Your project dissertation will be marked independently by your academic supervisor and a second examiner (moderator) selected by the School on the basis of understanding of the subject area. They each give a mark out of 100. If their marks differ by 15 or less, the average is taken. If the difference is greater than 15, they meet to discuss the reasons for it and try to agree. If they cannot agree, a third marker will be appointed. You require a mark of at least 50% to pass; also, see the MSc project handbook mentioned above. |