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Teaching and Learning Methods:
Supervision / consultation with supervisor.
Self-directed facilities-based work and report preparation.
Assessment Rationale:
The learning outcomes are assessed from the submission of five items:
1. Initial proposal submitted at the beginning of year three.
2. Update proposal submitted halfway through semester 1.
3. Literature survey submitted at the end of semester 1.
4. A ‘log book’ charting the progress of the project in comparison from proposal, through
planning to execution.
5. The project itself, which will be practical and a conventional written report with any material
arising from production aspects of the Major Project.
These are assessed by the project supervisor and at least two other members of the course team.
Overall assessment criteria:
The extent to which the student is able to demonstrate an ability to:
Conduct a pre-planned project.
Use presentation techniques appropriate to the project.
Show evidence of application of appropriate concept, skills, theories and technologies to the project.
Adhere to the project plan or provide the rationale for necessary departures from it.
Assessment Methods and Weightings:
The weightings applied to the necessary submissions are:
Proposals 1 and 2: 5%
Literature Survey: 5%
The project log: 10%
The Major Project: 80%
The Major Project is assessed against criteria listed below using weightings agreed between the
student and the Project supervisor at the commencement of the Major Project, informed by the
outcome of the Project Planning module, and forming a Learner Contract. Criteria for assessment of
the Major Project, with ranges for the agreed weightings, are:
Intellectual level and strength of the work 20
Originality and creativity displayed 20
Technical content 20
Quality of production and presentation of the
report and any visual material 15
Reported adherence to the project plan or the
rationale for necessary departures from it 5
To a total of: 80
Sources:
It is expected that the literature searched during the planning phase will form the basis of the reading
required for the Major Project.
Suggested reading for the preparation of the project include:
D.E.Avison, The Project Report: A guide for students, (3 rd ed.), Cambridge (1989).
R.Barrass, Students Must Write: A guide to better writing in course work and examinations, Methuen,
London (1982).
R.Berry, The Research Report: How to Write It, (3 rd ed.), Routledge, London(1994).
K.L.Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations, (6 th ed.), The University
of Chicago Press, Chica
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