Individual Project: Human-Computer Interaction
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| COMP4031 | Computer Science | 4 | 60 | Summer UK |
- Code
- COMP4031
- School
- Computer Science
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 60
- Semesters
- Summer UK
Summary
You will undertake a project which is relevant to Human-Computer Interaction, developing your skills in research, such as planning research activities, empirical investigation, literature review, critical reflection, evaluation, oral and written communication, individual learning and time management. Collaboration with business, industry, and other outside bodies is encouraged.
Target Students
Students on theMSc Human-Computer Interaction U7PHMNCI in the School of Computer Science.
Classes
Supervisor and student together must ensure that there is regular contact, at the very least every two weeks.
Assessment
- 80% Dissertation: Up to 20,000 word dissertation (exc. appendices) in printed and electronic form (PDF). Any source code must also be included with electronic submission.
- 10% Report: Project plan including ethics clearance.
- 10% Presentation 1: Oral presentation of work and results.
Assessed by end of summer vacation
Educational Aims
To develop students' research, design, evaluation, presentation and scientific-writing skills. The topic can be any area of interactive systems design which is of mutual interest to both the student and supervisor, but there is an expectation that the project involves significant design and/or evaluation work.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
- Individual projects may arise from any area of the curriculum and so may address any of the knowledge and understanding outcomes.
Intellectual Skills
On completion of the module the student should be able to:
- acquire, and analyse systematically and effectively, substantial quantities of information; think independently while giving due weight to the arguments of others;
- think independently while giving due weight to the arguments of others;
- understand complex ideas and relate them to specific problems or questions.
Depending on the specific project other intellectual skills may also be addressed.
Professional Skills
- Individual projects may arise from any areas of the curriculum and so may address any of the professional skills outcomes.
Transferable Skills
- The ability to obtain information from scientific and industrial literature and from software systems including the internet.
- The ability to critically analyse such information.
- The ability to organise and manage their own (and others' time) including scheduling tasks and meeting deadlines.
- The ability to prepare individual and written reports and oral presentations.
- The ability to undertake self-directed study, including information acquisition and analysis to enable continued learning during a professional career.
- The opportunity to exhibit innovation and creativity in problem solving.
- The ability to reflect upon and assess their own progress, strengths and weaknesses.