Completion of CE00989-M Industrial Based Computing Certificate Project and CE00988-M Industrial based Computing Diploma Project or equivalent.

All projects must be underpinned by staff expertise in the field, thus projects outside one of the Faculty?s major research areas will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances where other expertise can be demonstrated. The major aim of the project is to extend and unify your understanding of the subject as developed in the first 2 stages. Throughout each designated stage, students will be developing their knowledge and understanding of the current issues within their chosen area. It is within the project that this knowledge and understanding will be considered, extended and clarified by scholarly activity.
The project must demonstrate that they can apply their new knowledge. It will normally consist of a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, and may also include other deliverables, as agreed with the supervisor.

Students are expected to discuss and agree their project proposal with their appointed supervisor before commencement of the dissertation.

A COURSEWORK weighted at 100%.
100% coursework, a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words[75%] and viva/presentation[25%] involving 2 internal examiners.
This will assess Learning Outcomes 1 - 4.

This is a major piece of work to be carried out on an individual basis. Students are expected to highlight two separate strands during their work on the Dissertation: understanding and application.
The first part will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the specialist domain, the second part will allow the demonstration of their abilities through investigation of the problem and the application of appropriate knowledge and skills in providing solutions.
The major aim of the Dissertation is to allow the student to extend and unify their understanding of the subject as developed in the previous stages. The production of the Dissertation is supported by an academic supervisor, who will help develop their ideas by formative critical comment on request from the student.
The Dissertation will focus on a particular topic in their computing speciality. This will involve a critical study of recent developments in the field and will normally be illustrated by a practical component which may be a specification, a design document, an implementation or any other deliverable. It is expected that a deep analysis will be provided and, where appropriate, a prognosis of possible future developments.
Past subjects have included the study of the implications of using a TCP/IP network in a Safety Critical Distributed System, the development of a secure method of splitting a database when a multinational is split into several companies and the development of a simulator for real time simulation of satellite-Base station communications

Software and hardware appropriate to the chosen project together with standard computing facilities.

Research papers and standard textbooks appropriate to the area of study.