Module Overview

The project provides students with an opportunity to undertake a substantial, individual computing project and take responsibility for a full system life cycle. The project enables students to consolidate and further their chosen area of study, and to integrate knowledge and skills acquired from other studies. The project team aims to motivate and support students in their intellectual development, and the development of their independence, confidence and self-esteem. The project also provides a vehicle for the development of students’ written and oral communication skills. Other aims fo the project are o give students the experience of the stages of the system life cycle, including project implementation, evaluation, review, testing and final analysis, to allow students to prepare for and undertake an oral presentation and defence of their system and project experiences, to provide an opportunity for students to research and write a thesis describing and defending their system research, life cycle and evaluation, and finally to provide students with the opportunity to document their learning experiences, and reflect upon the problems, solutions and challenges of a substantial individual project.