Module overview
The Individual Research Project is a 7.5 ECTS credit masters level module undertaken by independent study that allows students to demonstrate mastery of an advanced aspect of their discipline, including critical evaluation of current research and research methods, and an awareness of the current limits of knowledge in this aspect of their discipline.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The historical and current developments in an advanced aspect of your discipline, and an appreciation of likely future developments
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate the research methods in an advanced aspect of your discipline
- Critically evaluate current research in an advanced aspect of your discipline
- Select, summarise and survey a group of related research articles
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Locate, read, understand and review research articles
- Communicate information at the forefront of your discipline in writing
- Communicate information at the forefront of your discipline as a conference-style poster
Syllabus
This project is not required to have a practical element, but the highest scoring projects typically do. It might be appropriate, for example:
- To compare, in a uniform framework, the surveyed approaches
- To complete or extend the work in the surveyed articles
- To repeat a complex, hence suspect, measurement
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
The content of this module is delivered through lectures, the module website, directed reading and pre-recorded materials.
Students work on their understanding through independent study and with formative assessments in the form of coursework assignments.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 6 |
| Project supervision | 12 |
| Wider reading or practice | 34 |
| Completion of assessment task | 98 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Justin Zobel (2004). Writing for Computer Science. Springer.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Conference poster | 25% |
| Research Report | 75% |