Course Catalogue

Workplace Assessment Year 3 COMPSCI3011

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Computing Science
  • Credits: 60
  • Level: Level 3 (SCQF level 9)
  • Typically Offered: Full Year
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

By the time they have reached Year 3, students should be useful, contributing team members. This project is designed to give them an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to work in a team as a valuable, contributing asset, as well as demonstrating their ability to manage their own time and justify the decisions they make along the way. This course, and the equivalent courses in each year of the programme, is intended to create reflective life-long learners.

Timetable

None

Requirements of Entry

Workplace Assessment Year 2

Advanced Professional Software Engineering

Algorithmics

Computing Architecture & Network Systems

Data Science Fundamentals

Data Storage and Retrieval

Systems Programming

User Interaction

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Report on workplace practices (95%) plus presentation (5%). Report components will be submitted and assessed at logical stages over the duration of the course. The precise breakdown of the stages will be at the discretion of the lecturer, but no single component will be worth more than 30% of the overall mark for the course.

Main Assessment In: August

Course Aims

This project aims to exercise a student's ability to make useful contributions to a project. They should document their role in a major software development project in the workplace and indicate the contributions they have made, as well as their reasons for making particular development decisions.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Design or significantly extend a substantial software product which demonstrates technical achievements in computer science.

2. Evaluate workplace practices and methodologies in order to critically discuss their application.

3. Present a detailed account of the work that they have done to assessors and their workplace team.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions