units

FIT3144

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Information Technology
OfferedClayton Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit is intended to provide practical experience in designing, developing and testing a non-trivial computer science project. Projects are generally software-based, although sometimes they may involve hardware development or investigation of theory. Projects cover the whole process of software (or hardware) development, from analysis through design to implementation and testing. Comprehensive written documentation on the project is required. Students are assigned in groups to a project supervisor. There are no lectures in this unit, although students will be expected to attend regular meetings with their project supervisor. The application problem will normally be drawn from the student's field of specialisation.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  • write a project proposal;
  • evaluate and select research methods and techniques of data collection and analysis appropriate to a particular project;
  • search, access, and analyse research literature as part of the process of developing solutions to problems;
  • communicate the deliverables of the project in written and oral form;
  • write a moderately detailed report explaining methodology, outlining their contributions and the contributions of others, documenting the developed project from developer and user perspectives.

Assessment

Projects are assessed by individual project supervisors.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr David Albrecht

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 24 hours per week. Students will be expected to hold regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the semester.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Computational science
Computer science

Prerequisites

FIT2004 or FIT3140 plus completion of a named minor or of 24 points of units counting towards a named major.

Prohibitions

CSE3301, FIT3036

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit3144/