CP4101 - Honours Project (Part 2 of 2)

Credit points:	06
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Subject chain:	CP4100 CP4101
Administered by:	Discipline of Information Technology (pre 2009)

Available to Computer Science Honours students. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive study periods.

A major project in computer science, to be carried out under the supervision of a staff member. The project will require a survey of the relevant literature, an analysis of the problem to be solved, the design and implementation of the solution and verification and evaluation of the results. Progress reports are required during the year and a complete account of the work done must be given in the final report, which should include a critical appraisal of the objectives, techniques and results of the project.

Learning Outcomes

• apply skills gained in the verbal presentation of ideas and technical material via formal seminar presentations;
• produce a substantial piece of technical writing in the form of a thesis or report.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically.

Prerequisites:	CP4100
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CP5060

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Jarrod Trevathan
Contact hours:	13 hours
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Hossein Ghodosi.
Contact hours:	13 hours
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Carrie Lui
Contact hours:	13 hours
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Jason Holdsworth.
Contact hours:	13 hours
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.