Aims and Fit of Module

To give students the opportunity to work in a guided but independent fashion to explore a substantial problem in depth, making practical use of principles, techniques and methodologies acquired elsewhere in the course. 

To give experience of carrying out a large piece of individual work and in producing a dissertation. 

To enhance communication skills, both oral and written.

Learning outcomes

A. specify a substantial problem, and produce a plan to address the problem; 

B. manage their time effectively so as to carry out their plan;

C. locate and make use of information relevant to their project;

D. design a solution to a substantial problem;

E. implement and test their solution;

F. evaluate in a critical fashion the work they have done, and to place it in the context of related work;

G. prepare and deliver a formal presentation;

H. structure and write a dissertation describing their projects;

Method of teaching and learning

Students and their supervisors can decide delivery pattern.  Some academic supervisors have a group meeting and the other may have one-by one meeting with students.


The time schedule is slight different from one individual academic staff to another. Usually there is weekly meeting for all supervisors for his/her students.