Course co-ordinator(s): Dr Santiago Chumbe (Edinburgh).
Aims:
- To instruct students in undertaking self-directed study
- To instruct students in presenting their findings
- To acquaint students with the work of the department, and how it related to their industrial context
- To deepen students’ understanding of the degree courses for which they are registered
- To familiarise students with the computer systems used by the department and their relationship to the students’ industrial context
- To present skills that students could usefully employ to become in an industrial context
Detailed Information
Course Description: Link to Official Course Descriptor.
Pre-requisites: none.
Location: Edinburgh.
Semester: AY.
Syllabus:
- Writing reports; sources and referencing; group presentation; the matter of plagiarism
- Current departmental research
- Exploration of the departmental computer system
- Study skills
Learning Outcomes: Subject Mastery
- Acquaintance with new research in computing
- Consideration of difficult and even perplexing ideas in their chosen field of study
- Knowledge of and ability to use departmental computer systems
- Can apply learned knowledge in an industrial setting
Learning Outcomes: Personal Abilities
- Undertaking responsibility for self-directed research
- Assimilating information from multiple sources
- Analysing results to formulate conclusions
- Writing reports to professional standards
- Acquiring study skills that can be used for both academic studies and later in a professional context
- Awareness of distinctive features of industrial practice
- Take some responsibility for their work and for a range of resources
- Ability to communicate effectively with work colleagues on learned issues in an industrial context
- Co-operating in a group to investigate a complex topic
- Constructively evaluating the work of peers
- Reacting sensibly to peer evaluation
- Re-writing work in response to criticism
- Making spoken and visual presentations
Assessment Methods: Due to covid, assessment methods for Academic Year 2021-22 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: 7.
Credits: 15.