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- | Please see the module | + | This is the main page for information about the 60 credit masters dissertation. |
- | * [[https:// | + | ===== Project Selection ===== |
- | You will also receive further information about your final year project | + | In term 2 you are going to select |
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- | ====== Project Guides ====== | ||
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- | These guides are meant to help you produce good final year project reports. A good report is one that presents your project work concisely and effectively. It should contain various materials relevant to the work you have undertaken in respect of your project; it should be organised into a logical framework; and it should be supported by written material that follows well-established academic conventions in a consistent fashion. | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | 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 of appropriate deliverables, | ||
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- | * [[Project Selection]]: | ||
* [[Project Proposals]]: | * [[Project Proposals]]: | ||
* [[Project Supervision]]: | * [[Project Supervision]]: | ||
- | * [[project_publication|Project Publication]]: | + | ===== Deliverables |
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- | ===== Project Handbook | + | |
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- | The MSc project handbook covers most aspects concerning your project throughout its lifetime: | + | |
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- | ===== Project Writing Guide ===== | + | This is an overview of the expected deliverables and related tasks you have to execute for your project. You also find the required deliverables with their submission deadlines under your PATS project details. |
- | A final report must be submitted at the end of the summer period. Guidance for writing this report is given in | + | * Dissertation: |
- | * {{:project-report.pdf|A Short Guide to Writing Your Final Year Project Report Or MSc Dissertation}} | + | * [[Project Publication]]: Details about how to publish your project |
- | ===== Technical Guides ===== | + | For information about how to submit a report via PATS please see the [[Submission Guide]]. Note that in order to get an extension to the submission deadline the general coursework submission extension guidelines apply. |
- | Please find further information below on how to use PATS, prepare the various deliverables in a suitable format and related technical issues. | + | ===== Guides ===== |
- | | + | The MSc Project Handbook (available on Learning Central) covers most aspects concerning your project throughout its lifetime. Further information on how to use PATS, prepare the various deliverables in a suitable format and related technical issues are available in these guides: |
- | * [[PDF Guide]]: Instructions on how to create | + | |
- | * [[Checksums]]: | + | * [[PDF Guide]]: Instructions on how to generate |
- | ====== Marking ====== | + | ===== Assessment |
- | Your project | + | The mark is based on your **project |
+ | * Project approach | ||
+ | * a professional approach | ||
+ | * appropriate methods and tools are used | ||
+ | * Argument | ||
+ | * the dissertation | ||
+ | * the dissertation justifies its conclusions. | ||
+ | * Products | ||
+ | * products deal with the problem appropriately | ||
+ | * products make a contribution | ||
+ | * Reflection | ||
+ | * The student has developed insight and understanding | ||
- | ====== Project Coordinator ====== | + | 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 10 or less, the average is taken. If the difference is greater than 10, they meet together to discuss the reasons for the difference, and try to come to an agreement. 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 above. |
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