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Guidelines for the Final Year Project page i BEng Honours Degree associated cou

Guidelines for the Final Year Project page i BEng Honours Degree associated courses BSc Honours Degree associated courses Guidelines for the Final Year Project CONTENTS 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Module Aims .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Learning Outcomes ............................................................................................................... 1 2 Project Allocation Process .......................................................................................... 2 2.1 On-line Registration by Students ........................................................................................... 2 2.2 Project Timetable ................................................................................................................... 2 3 Supervision and Assessment ..................................................................................... 4 3.1 Project Supervisors ............................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Second Assessors ................................................................................................................. 4 3.3 Moderation Group.................................................................................................................. 4 3.4 Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 4 4 Your Project Work ......................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Backing up work .................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 Planning Your Project ............................................................................................................ 8 4.3 Project Budget ....................................................................................................................... 8 4.4 Timetabling of Laboratory Space .......................................................................................... 9 4.5 Part-Time Students................................................................................................................ 9 4.6 Industrially Based Projects: the Industrial Guarantor ............................................................ 9 4.7 Your Project Logbook ............................................................................................................ 9 4.8 Your on-line Project Journal .................................................................................................. 9 4.9 Testing ................................................................................................................................. 10 4.10 Completion of Practical Work .............................................................................................. 10 4.11 Learning Resource Centre .................................................................................................. 10 4.12 Plagiarism ............................................................................................................................ 10 4.13 Personal Difficulties ............................................................................................................. 10 5 The Project Report Brief ............................................................................................ 12 5.1 Project Report Specification ................................................................................................ 12 5.2 Report Format ..................................................................................................................... 13 5.3 Report Presentation and Layout .......................................................................................... 15 5.4 Software .............................................................................................................................. 16 5.5 Final Report Check List before Submitting .......................................................................... 16 5.6 Submitting Your Report for Marking .................................................................................... 16 6 Poster Session ............................................................................................................ 18 7 General Advice for your Project................................................................................ 19 7.1 General Recommendations ................................................................................................. 19 7.2 Guidelines on marking ......................................................................................................... 19 7.3 Common Pitfalls and Misconceptions ................................................................................. 20 APPENDIX A: Final Year Project Assessment Proforma ...................................................... 22 Guidelines for the Final Year Project page ii APPENDIX B: Code of Practice for the Use of Human Volunteers in Project Work .......... 26 APPENDIX C: Project Risk, Ethics and Threat Assessment Checklist ............................... 27 APPENDIX D: Project Resources Checklist ........................................................................... 29 APPENDIX E: Project Registration Form ................................................................................ 30 APPENDIX F: Industrial Projects ............................................................................................ 32 APPENDIX G: Plagiarism Statement ....................................................................................... 33 Guidelines for the Final Year Project page iii Glossary Supervisor: Each student has a supervisor who guides him or her throughout the project period. The supervisor plays a major role in the marking of all aspects of the project. Second Assessor: The second assessor monitors students‟ project work and, in conjunction with the project supervisor, is involved at various stages of the assessment including reading the project report, attending seminars and presentations. Moderation Group: In order to ensure the maximum possible fairness in assessment, a student is assigned to a Moderation group. This is a group of academics with expertise in the subject area of the project. Members of this group attend the seminar and poster session and the group makes the final decision on all matters relating to project assessment. Final Year Project Tutor (FYP Tutor) : The Final Year Project Tutor is responsible for all our Undergraduate projects on the respective BSc and BEng degrees. The tutor has the job of overseeing the undergraduate project registration and allocation process and ensuring that materials placed on Studynet and the School‟s project server portal, Plato, are kept up to date. School Project Tutor (SPT): The School Project Tutor has overall control of all undergraduate and postgraduate projects throughout the School. The School Project Tutor will manage the project allocation, assessment and moderation process throughout the year. School Academic Subject Group (SG): There are ten academic subject groups within the School. Each group consists of a number of academic teaching and support staff who have a particular shared expertise and research interest. Members of each Subject Group will also act as supervisors or second-assessors to all the students identified for a particular Group. Each Subject Group is responsible for the moderation of all projects within that group. Guidelines for the Final Year Project page 1 1 Introduction This handbook describes the Final Year Project (FYP) allocation process, supervision arrangements, assessment requirements and guidelines for writing final reports for all undergraduate projects in the School of Engineering and Technology. Towards the end of the handbook are some useful forms and further reading that may help in writing your report and conducting your study. Please read the information, complete and return all necessary forms The individual project is a demanding and challenging, yet rewarding, part of your degree. These are worth 30 credits each and both run across semesters A and B, which constitutes 25% of your level 3 modules. Typically, it should take around 300 hours of your time to complete. The marks achieved in this project have a strong influence on your final degree classification and a pass in the project must be passed for a degree to be awarded. The specific aims and learning outcomes for each project module are described in their respective Definitive Module Documents (DMD) which are posted on each module‟s StudyNet site. The general aims and objectives of each project are broadly similar. 1.1 Module Aims The general aims of the School‟s undergraduate FYPs are to enable students to:  carry out critical review of a subject area, analysis and synthesis of results, alternatives or concepts, the demonstration of initiative and evidence of original thought,  develop problem solving skills,  develop the ability to manage time and resources effectively,  develop further the ability to communicate both orally and in writing. 1.2 Learning Outcomes The general learning outcomes of the School‟s FYPs are that successful students will be able to:  describe, orally and in writing, material researched independently in support of their project  describe concisely and accurately the independent work they have carried out  explain and discuss test data obtained from independent work carried out  discuss the benefits and limitations of various approaches to overcoming the problem at hand  recognise how to use and identify material quoted from other sources  formulate and document aims and objectives for a programme of independent work  assess ethical and risk issues associated with a programme of independent work  identify resource requirements for a programme of independent work  demonstrate their ability for original and innovative work  compile a written report on a programme of work Guidelines for the Final Year Project page 2 2 Project Allocation Process The School FYP resource web-site is hosted on our Plato website and is used to manage the project allocation process. The website also holds electronic versions of previous years‟ project reports1, stored in Adobe Acrobat (or PDF) format, that may be accessed from any computer within the Hatfield Campus network. Please note that these reports cannot be accessed outside of the University. Plato allows students to register online as the first stage of the project allocation process. When registering students DO NOT express a choice of individual project titles, but must indicate in which subject area they are interested. The allocation of a particular project to an individual student is then made by the schools‟ project management team. 2.1 On-line Registration by Students You must register your interests for a particular area of project work via the FYP web-site; http://plato.herts.ac.uk/fyp There are several steps to the allocation process which are explained as you proceed through each web-page. Firstly before you use Plato, you need to familiarise yourself with all the project keywords related to your specific degree course. The use of keywords will be explained to you during induction week. As you proceed with the on-line registration, you are given an opportunity to suggest your own project title provided it is appropriate to the degree course on which you are studying and the areas of expertise within the School. If your suggested project title is accepted by the relevant Subject Group, the project may be modified and may be supervised by ANY member of staff. You are not allowed to pre-select your supervisor. The final allocation of project titles to individual students is the responsibility of each Subject Group and will be done as quickly as possible at the start of the project period. The allocation process ensures that every student is given a title at the same time and that every project demands the same level of academic challenge appropriate to each student‟s degree course. The minimum details to be entered during the registration process are:  Student name, student ID and cohort / pathway point group,  Study mode: Part-time, Final year direct entry, full time or sandwich,  Selection of relevant keywords,  Indication of area of interest. 2.2 Project Timetable Shortly after you have registered on-line, the FYP Tutor will inform you of your project title and supervisor via StudyNet project module sites and course notice boards. Every student must meet their allocated Supervisor within one week of allocations being posted on StudyNet to confirm the exact requirements of their allocated project title. If you have any concerns about the project you have been allocated, then you must raise this with your supervisor at the first meeting. The Project Registration Form (see Appendix E of this booklet) must also be fully completed during this initial meeting. When 1 The current repository contains reports from the former School of EEE. A uploads/s1/ fyp-guide.pdf