Undergraduate study

Undergraduate 

Software Engineering (in partnership with KMITL) BSc/MSci

Individual Project (H) (Single) COMPSCI4025P

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Computing Science
  • Credits: 40
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • 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 the project.

Excluded Courses

Individual Project (H) (Combined)

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Project 100%.

Main Assessment In: April/May

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