CY3P2-Cybernetics Project

Module Provider: Cybernetics
Number of credits: 30 [15ECTS credits]
Level: 6
Terms in which taught: Autumn, Spring and Summer
Module Convenor: Dr VF Ruiz
Pre-requisites: SE2P6
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded: CS3Q2 or EE3P2 or SE3P9
Module version for: 2009/0

Email: r.j.mitchell@reading.ac.uk

Aims:
The aim of this module is to design, plan, implement and present a major piece of work.

Assessable learning outcomes:
This is the main Part 3 project, where students are set a major project which they have to plan, design, build, test and present, both orally and in written form. By the end of the module the students should be able to produce a practical system and present it.

Additional outcomes:
EA2 Topics: Design, build and test a specified system; project management, presentation skills, report and conference paper writing.

Outline content:
This is the main third year Cybernetics project, lasting one year. Students will plan their project, carry it out, present it orally at the project conference, demonstrate it to a panel of academics, and write their work up both as a full technical report, and as a conference paper. They also submit a CD archive of the project.
Students will be able to express preferences for their choice of Part 3 project, based on project proposals suggested by staff and students, late in Part 2.
Full details of the project arrangements, project titles, assessment and timetable for submission of reports etc is given in the booklet issued to all students late in Part 2, available on Blackboard.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Lectures will be given as necessary to provide relevant information. There is an expectation that, when possible, students attend school seminars in their subject area. Individual students will be allocated a project supervisor. The onus of this module is on independent work, i.e. individuals contributing to group endeavour; project work and interaction with academic supervisor. There will be regular meetings with academic supervisor. Contact will be as a whole class, groups and individual as necessary. Students will normally be expected to spend at least 300 hours on their project work.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures	up to 12	up to 4	0
Tutorials/seminars	5	5	0
Practicals	Laboratory project work as necessary	Laboratory project work as necessary	Laboratory project work as necessary
Other contact (eg study visits)	10	10	2
Total hours	up to 27	up to 19	2
Number of essays or assignments	Preliminary report(specification ... costing)	Interim report / Progress monitoring	Final project report
Other (eg major seminar paper)	Progress monitoring	Demonstration / paper / poster / submission	Demonstration / colloquium / poster

Assessment:
Coursework
Reports: Project Plan, Overall Project Report, Conference Paper/Poster and CD archive.
Relative percentage of coursework : 100%
Examinations
None.
Requirements for a pass
A mark of 40% overall.
Reassessment arrangements
Reassessment for a pass mark (40%) based on re-submission of final project report and a demonstration by the end of September examinations.

Last updated: 23 November 2009