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Later Year Course

Offered By:	Department of Computer Science
Academic Career:	Undergraduate
Course Subject:	Computer Science
Offered in:	First Semester, 2010
Unit Value:	6 units
Course Description:	This course provides the students with research experience. It exposes the students to team work, problem solving skills, research skills and project management.   Students will work in small groups on a synergistic project that covers at least two of the areas in computer science, such as the following: Applications, Programming Languages and Systems and Theory. This will promote depth of study in at least two different areas of computer science for the students.
Learning Outcomes:	This course exposes students to the mechanics of computer science research.  At the completion of the course, students will have the knowledge and skills to undertake a challenging research project; identifying and analyzing the problem, formulating and evaluating solutions, and communicating the outcomes orally and and in the form of a technical report.
Indicative Assessment:	Project (90%); Presentation (10%)
Workload:	As many hours as necessary for meetings with supervisors and a nominal 10 hours per week
Areas of Interest:	Computer Science
Requisite Statement:	Enrolment in BCS(Hons) or PhB or BE (R&D); 12 units of 3000-series COMP courses.