Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7540ELEMST-APR-PAR
Aims
The main aims of the project module are to demonstrate the student’s ability to drive their own deep/thorough investigation, undertake high quality academic research and demonstrate critical evaluation of their results.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Projects may involve experiment, analysis, design and/or computation and should
allow a student to demonstrate achievement of the module learning outcomes
Additional Information:This is a very important module that represents 600 hours of self-driven scholarly activity.
When considering a project it would be appropriate to select/choose a project in a subject area strongly associated with the MSc programme and/or one of the taught modules. For most students, this really means using the project as a means to develop a particular subject specialism, one that is aligned with future career objectives.
Completion of the project module allows the student to concentrate fully on an area of work and hence develop a high level of subject knowledge and associated skills in that field.
Completion of the project requires the production of an academic thesis. The thesis is a level 7 piece of work and as such would be expected to demonstrate a high level of scholarly activity.
The choice of subject and formulation of the aims and objectives are mutually agreed between student and supervisor. Industrially based projects are acceptable as long as they offer the appropriate technical level and resources are available so as to ensure completion. Projects undertaken within the University would be judged by the same requirements.
The main criteria being that the project and associated thesis must demonstrate the student’s ability to drive their own deep/thorough investigation and demonstrate critical evaluation of the results and comparison with other published ideas/results/designs. These requirements have to be evidenced via the presentation of a well-constructed, well-presented and well-defended academic thesis and good performance in an associated oral examination. The best projects are often associated with supervisors that are undertaking scholarly activity/research or associated with some experimental work being undertaken by industrial collaborators.
Assessments
Test
Essay
Essay