This unit is a research unit and a requirement for the FIT Honours degrees. Due to the nature of IT, a wide range of Honours project types can be offered to students. Some project components are of a practical nature and may involve some software development and/or experimentation, while other components are of a more theoretical nature.
Regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the semester.
The workload in this unit is equivalent to an 18 credit point unit, i.e. 36 hours study per week.
Contact hours will consist of regular meeting with your supervisor.
CPE4000, CSE4000, IMS4000
Admission to the Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) or Bachelor of Business Information Systems (Honours) or Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (Honours) program.
Dr Kirsten Ellis
Dr Michael Morgan
Dr Alan Dorin
Dr Gour Karmakar
At the completion of this unit students will have:
Research Proposal: 5%; Literature Review: 10%; Interim Presentation: hurdle; Final Presentation: 5%; Thesis (normally 10,000 - 20,000 words): 80%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
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| Final Presentation | 5% of the 24 cpt or 18 cpt thesis | Week 14, at a seminar time to be scheduled. |
| Honours Thesis (10,000 to 20,000 words) | 80% of the 24 cpt or 18 cpt thesis | Week 15, 3pm Friday |
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| 0 | Students will research an agreed thesis topic under the guidance of their supervisor and will receive feedback on their progress through regular meetings with their supervisor. | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 |
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| 12 | Final Presentation: due Week 14, 5% and the Thesis: due Week 15, 80% | |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your MUSO (Blackboard or Moodle) learning system.
This unit forms part of the sequence of units comprising the Honours thesis in the Faculty of Information Technology for students enrolled prior to 2011.
Two exit points exist for the Honours thesis, when student attain 24 cpts or 18 cpts. Students enrolled prior to 2011 will select a combination of units resulting in the required credit point total.
The 24 credit point exit point is applicable to:
The 18 credit point exit point is applicable to:
FIT4186 Honours Thesis is a unit with an enrolled value of 18 cpts and 0 cpt 0r 24 cpts achievable, taken over a single semester but forms the first part of a sequence of units that together allow a student to complete an Honours Thesis of 18 or 24 cpts.
These units include:
At the completion of the requirements for the thesis the following components of assessment will be completed:
These assessment tasks will be completed over the course of several units in the Honours program but the overall grade for the thesis will only be finalised on completion of either 24 cpts or 18 cpts.
Please refer to the Unit Guides for FIT4606, FIT4126 and FIT4186 for a description of the assessment items to be completed over the course of the Honours Thesis.
The following components will be assessed during the course of this unit:
Final Presentation: 5%; Thesis (normally 10,000 - 20,000 words): 80%
Content and Structure of Presentation - /70
Presentation Delivery - /30
Total - /100
Difficulty of task - /10
Quality and substance of report consistent with presentation - /40
Achievement - /50
Total - /100
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Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
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