FIT4448 Honours thesis final
Faculty of Information Technology
FIT4448 Honours thesis final is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2021. It needs FIT4441.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 12 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before FIT4448
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After FIT4448
No unit lists FIT4448 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: CPE4000, CSE4000, IMS4000, FIT4126, FIT4186, FIT4246, FIT4606
Only available to students enrolled in the Honours stream of the Bachelor of Software Engineering.
Overview
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.
This unit forms part of the sequence of units comprising the Honours thesis in the Faculty of Information Technology.
Two exit points exist for the Honours thesis, FIT4444 (24 pts) and FIT4448 (18 pts).
The 24 credit point exit point is applicable to:
- Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
- Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours)
- Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences (Honours)
The 18 credit point exit point is applicable to:
Honours stream in the Bachelor of Software Engineering.
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for FIT4448.
Assessment
- Literature Review + Interim PresentationResearch assignment15%
- Thesis80%
- Final PresentationPresentation5%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Design a rigorous Bachelor Honours level research project and develop project proposal;
- 2
Critically review research literature, research design and reported findings;
- 3
Evaluate and select research methods and techniques of data collection and analysis appropriate to particular research designs, projects and disciplines;
- 4
Conduct ethical research;
- 5
Communicate research findings in written and oral form in research and industry settings.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachResearch activities
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week. Students will be expected to hold regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the semester.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Patrick Olivier
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for FIT4448?
You need FIT4441 before you enrol; and FIT4442 and FIT4005 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is FIT4448 offered?
FIT4448 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is FIT4448?
The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does FIT4448 have an exam?
No. FIT4448 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.