units

FIT3163

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit provides practical experience in researching, designing, developing and evaluating a non-trivial data science project. Projects involve whole or part of the data science process (visualisation, analysis, algorithms, etc.) but can also be software-based, or they may involve investigation of theory. Projects if software-based should cover analysis through design to implementation and sting. 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 unit is the first part of a 12-credit point project sequence; the second part and exit point for the project is FIT3162.

Outcomes

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

  1. evaluate and select research methods and techniques of data preparation and analysis appropriate to a particular project, and practice these ethically and professionally;
  2. search, access and analyse research literature as part of the process of developing solutions to problems;
  3. communicate in written and oral form the proposed deliverables of a project and reflect upon their value and the likelihood of success;
  4. develop, demonstrate and explain results of analysis, a software prototype or model.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • One 1-hour project meeting

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 11 hours of personal study in order to complete the research and implementation of the project.

See also Unit timetable information

Prerequisites

FIT1043, FIT1049, FIT2004, FIT2086, FIT2094

Prohibitions

FIT3144