Third Year Project Laboratory

COMP30040 Third Year Project Laboratory 40 Full year Undergraduate Level 3 Terence Morley Unit coordinator Department of Computer Science 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 20.0 This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact.  Please see Blackboard / course unit related emails for any further updates. The aims for the project work done in the third year are:<ul><li>To manage and execute a substantial project in a limited time.</li><li>To identify and learn whatever new skills are needed to complete the project.</li><li>To apply design and engineering skills in the accomplishment of a single task. In this context the skills mentioned may be in the general area of design and engineering in its broadest sense, or may be very specifically related to particular tools.</li></ul> <wbr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><ul id="docs-internal-guid-455d9fae-7fff-d63e-6011-80a2b9cafb85"> <li dir="ltr"> Plan and execute a substantial programme of technical work.  </li> <li dir="ltr"> Evaluate your own knowledge and skills with respect to a given plan, and be able to formulate a study plan to fill gaps</li> <li dir="ltr"> Analyse and evaluate existing material related to your work and describe your work in this context</li> <li dir="ltr"> Evaluate the work of others and give constructive feedback</li> <li dir="ltr"> Identify, use and credit public resources (including definitions and source code) as appropriate</li> <li dir="ltr"> Define tests and measures that allow you to evaluate your own work</li> <li dir="ltr"> Reflect on technical approaches and identify strengths and weaknesses</li> <li dir="ltr"> Analyse your work in order to identify ethical and security issues</li> <li dir="ltr"> Communicate plans and achievements clearly and concisely orally, visually and in written form</li></ul>  Analytical skills Innovation/creativity Project management Oral communication Problem solving Written communication  The formal lectures for the course take place during Welcome Week at the beginning of the academic year. The times are shown in the details panel.Students are required to produce five deliverables during the year including some coursework during Welcome Week. Details are on the <a href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ugt/COMP30040/">Third Year Project</a> (COMP30040 materials) web pages.Component                   WeightReport                           40%Screencast                    15%Viva                                5%Planning and Execution 10%Achievements                30% Lectures6 hours in total, all in Welcome Week 0% Enrolment restricted to students on Computer Science Single Honours and MEng programmes. N <a href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/syllabus/index.php?code=COMP30040&year=2020" target="_blank">COMP30040 reading list</a> can be found on the Department of Computer Science website for current students. Assessment practical exam 1 Lectures 7 Project supervision 20 0 372 Course unit materials<a target="_blank" href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ugt/syllabus.php">Links to course unit teaching materials</a> can be found on the School of Computer Science website for current students.