Course Catalogue

Individual Project (H) (Combined) COMPSCI4024P

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Computing Science
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

The aim of the individual project is to allow students to undertake a substantial piece of individual work, involving planning, specification, design, execution, evaluation, presentation and report-writing.

Timetable

Students have one meeting per week with their supervisors throughout the duration of their project.

Requirements of Entry

4th year entry regulations

Excluded Courses

Individual Project (H) (Single)

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Project 100%.

Main Assessment In: April/May

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

Course Aims

The aim of the individual project is to allow students to undertake a substantial piece of individual work, involving planning, specification, design, execution, evaluation, presentation and report-writing.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

 

1. Manage and organise a large independent solo piece of work;

2. Choose among technologies, tools and approaches and apply them effectively;

3. Synthesise technical skills appropriately to address a single challenging problem;

4. Develop a substantial product which demonstrates technical achievement in computer science;

5. Appropriately evaluate the outcome of their work;

6. Conduct themselves in a professional manner, taking responsibility for the progress of the project, recording their time and effectively using their supervisor's input;

7. Write a coherent, literate dissertation that documents the project, justifies decisions made and sets their work in context;

8. Present their work orally to a technical audience, communicating their project precisely and fluently;

9. Produce concise, informative video summaries of their work.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions