All graduate students pursuing a non-thesis MSc. Program are required to complete a project. The project topic and contents are based on the interest and background of the student and are approved by the faculty member serving as the Project Supervisor. At the completion of the project,the student is required to submit a final report and present the project. This course aims to provide the students with skills and training to conduct research in a certain area, manage a project on time and to interpret the outcome of the research study. In addition, students are expected to gain experience and further skills in creating a proper project proposal, identifying and evaluating the principal components that will establish the project scope, conducting a literature survey and compiling the results, deciding on the formal methodology and analyzing the outcome, gaining experience in teamwork, cooperation and information sharing, publishing a project report in a format accepted by the scientific communities, and finally preparing and executing a presentation of the project outcome.
Project Course (IT 592)
| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Information Technology - Non Thesis |
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OBJECTIVE
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning 5
2. Reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in his/her professional life. 4
3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs 5
4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments. 3
5. Communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and have competency in English. 5
6. Independently reach and acquire information, and develop appreciation of the need for continuously learning and updating. 4
1. Design and model engineering systems and processes and solve engineering problems with an innovative approach. 4
2. Establish experimental setups, conduct experiments and/or simulations. 3
3. Analytically acquire and interpret data. 4
1. Identify the communication requirements in the corporate infrastructure, design and implement a capable and expandable solution. 4
2. Apply fundamental programming concepts to produce the source code by enforcing the correct syntax and semantics. 3
3. Customize, debug and test the code. 4
4. Design and implement a database system suitable for the requirements of the project. 4
5. Conduct project planning, management and coordination; prioritize resources and activities for on-time and on-budget project delivery. 5
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Individual Project | 70 |
| Written Report | 15 |
| Presentation | 15 |