CS5098 Group Project and Dissertation in Computer Science

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

60

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff

Module coordinator(s): Project Coordinator - Computer Science (project-coord-cs@st-andrews.ac.uk)

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module is a group-based MSc project on a topic suitable to the students' programmes in the School of Computer Science. It results in an individual dissertation of no more than 15,000 words submitted by each student. The dissertation typically comprises one or more of a review of related work, the extension of old or development of new ideas, software design, implementation and testing, analyses and evaluation as appropriate for the programme. The dissertation may also include an agreed collaboratively-written group report. Each student is individually assessed, taking into account both individual and group submissions. Students are required to give a presentation of their work.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

REQUIRES ADMISSION TO DISSERTATION PHASE OF MSC AND PERMISSION OF THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE CS5099

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Meetings with supervisor.

Scheduled learning hours

13

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

587

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.