ICT Specialist Major Project 1 (Honours)

Course aim

To apply software engineering principles, practices and research methods in the context of a team based software development project.

Course content

Specific details of the syllabus are determined by the Program in which an individual student is enrolled.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

LHSG students must have completed 108 units of their degree (including credits)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Studio	4 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (On-line workshops and on-line participation in meetings, with monitored discussion boards and other on-line interactions.)	N/A x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Studio (Studio attendance - structured around meetings with supervisor, mentor and manager of the project, and where applicable, meetings between students to discuss the project and produce artefacts.)	4 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assessment 1 - Project Charter (Weeks 3 and 4), Assessment 2 - Interim Project Deliverables (Weeks 11 and 12), Assessment 3 - First draft of a Research Report - typically a literature review related to the research report and an outline of the intended research report., Assessment 4 - Weekly Group Reports of activities of the group, typically including meeting agenda, minutes, outcomes, time sheets, tasks worked on by each member, and so on., Assessment 5 - Blogs (5 x 2% Writing on content of workshops from Week 1, 4,7,8,10)

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.