• Offered by School of Computing
  • ANU College ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Course subject Computer Science
  • Areas of interest Computer Science
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2022
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This is a 6 unit course that allows students to undertake a project on an appropriate computing topic. Students will be expected to carry out some combination of reading, writing, artefact construction and presentation whilst working under a supervisor who is affiliated with the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The nature of the project can be theoretical, experimental, design or development based on the interests of the student and the availability of supervisors.


Please note this course is not available for general enrolment. Students must obtain permission from the Master of Computing or Master of Computing (Advanced) program convenor; the course convener, and secure the support of a supervisor before enrolling in this course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Plan and execute a computer science based project with a high level of autonomy.
  2. Formulate and clearly define a research problem including appropriate scope, aims and constraints, and identify a suitable methodology to address the problem.
  3. Apply research skills and methodologies to source, evaluate, and synthesize research and technical literature relevant to the project, and communicate the findings in an appropriate form.
  4. Apply theory, concepts and technical skills from relevant computing, scientific and/or fields to design and conduct experimental, theoretical or computational research tasks.
  5. Evaluate, analyze and interpret research data and use this data to support and justify conclusions, recommendations or decisions related to the project aims.
  6. Communicate the context, motivation, methods, results and conclusions of the project in written and/or oral form, using language and content appropriate to the intended audience.
  7. Apply reflective practice and independent learning to gain and apply new knowledge and skills.

Indicative Assessment

  1. To be determined by negotiation with supervisor. (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6,7]

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Workload

Nominal 10 hours per week for a 6 unit course, including meetings with the supervisor.

Inherent Requirements

Information on inherent requirements for this course is currently not available.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must: - be enrolled in the Master of Computing or the Master of Computing (Advanced) - have found project/supervisor; and - have an approved 'Independent Study Contract' You will need to contact CECS Student Services to obtain a permission code to enrol.

You will need to contact the School of Computing to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

None

Preliminary Reading

None

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2022 $4740
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2022 $6000
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4553 21 Feb 2022 28 Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 27 May 2022 In Person N/A

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