Course co-ordinator(s): Dr Jessica Chen-Burger (Edinburgh).
Aims:
- To introduce students to the cutting edge of research in a topic in Information Technology.
- To provide students with an opportunity to create and deliver a master-class on that topic to their peers.
Detailed Information
Course Description: Link to Official Course Descriptor.
Pre-requisites: none.
Location: Edinburgh.
Semester: 1.
Syllabus:
- Investigate a topic proposed and supervised by an academic
- Develop training/teaching materials (lectures/labs etc.)
- Self study
Learning Outcomes: Subject Mastery
- Demonstrate advanced, critical knowledge of a specialist area of Information Technology.
- Apply appropriate technologies to develop and deliver learning materials on this topic.
- Demonstrate an awareness of current and emerging applications of, and alternatives to, the chosen topic.
- Provide appropriate answers to questions posed by peers on the chosen topic.
- Critically reflect on feedback provided by peers on the delivered learning materials.
Learning Outcomes: Personal Abilities
- Critically evaluate, review, analyse and organise complex, ambiguous and unreliable information sources.
- Develop original and creative solutions to, and judgements on, open-ended problems.
- Make presentations of complex material to professional audiences
Assessment Methods: Due to covid, assessment methods for Academic Year 2020-21 may vary from those noted on the official course descriptor. Please see the Computer Science Course Weightings and the Maths Course Weightings for 2020-21 Semester 1 assessment methods.
SCQF Level: 11.
Credits: 15.