UnitLevel 4Undergraduate

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 2022. It needs FIT4441.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2022
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
12 hours
per semester

This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.

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Requisites

Before FIT4448

Prerequisites

Pass these before you enrol.

After FIT4448

No unit lists FIT4448 as a prerequisite in the 2022 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 2022

The 2022 handbook lists no offerings for FIT4448.

Assessment

  • Literature Review + Interim PresentationResearch assignment
    15%
  • Thesis
    80%
  • Final PresentationPresentation
    5%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Design a rigorous Bachelor Honours level research project and develop project proposal;

  2. 2

    Critically review research literature, research design and reported findings;

  3. 3

    Evaluate and select research methods and techniques of data collection and analysis appropriate to particular research designs, projects and disciplines;

  4. 4

    Conduct ethical research;

  5. 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 FIT4005 and FIT4442 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is FIT4448 offered?

FIT4448 has no offerings listed in the 2022 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.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
4
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020202120222023