| Course Code | COMP3901/COMP3902 |
| Course Title | Special Project |
| Convenor | John Shepherd |
| Admin | John Shepherd |
| Classes | Lectures: there are no lectures |
| Consultations | Weekly meetings with your supervisor |
| Units of Credit | COMP3901: 6 uoc, COMP3902: 12 uoc |
| Course Website | http://webcms3.unsw.edu.au/COMP3901/24T2/ |
| Handbook Entry | http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/current/COMP3901.html |
| Student Reps |
stureps@cse.unsw.edu.au
Email the stureps if you have any issues with the course. They will pass these anonymously to the relevant people to get the issues resolved. |
This course gives you an opportunity to work on a project with a member of academic staff.
You should negotiate the details of the project either before or at the first meeting with your supervisor.
The topic needs to be added to TMS by the supervisor and, once enrolled, you should apply for and accept the topic in TMS.
To get enrolled, contact John Shepherd.
Before commencing this course, students should:
After completing this course, students will:
The Student Code of Conduct ( Information , Policy ) sets out what the University expects from students as members of the UNSW community. As well as the learning, teaching and research environment, the University aims to provide an environment that enables students to achieve their full potential and to provide an experience consistent with the University's values and guiding principles. A condition of enrolment is that students inform themselves of the University's rules and policies affecting them, and conduct themselves accordingly.
In particular, students have the responsibility to observe standards of equity and respect in dealing with every member of the University community. This applies to all activities on UNSW premises and all external activities related to study and research. This includes behaviour in person as well as behaviour on social media, for example Facebook groups set up for the purpose of discussing UNSW courses or course work. Behaviour that is considered in breach of the Student Code Policy as discriminatory, sexually inappropriate, bullying, harassing, invading another's privacy or causing any person to fear for their personal safety is serious misconduct and can lead to severe penalties, including suspension or exclusion from UNSW.
If you have any concerns, you may raise them with your lecturer, or approach the School Ethics Officer , Grievance Officer , or one of the student representatives.
Plagiarism is defined as using the words or ideas of others and presenting them as your own. UNSW and CSE treat plagiarism as academic misconduct, which means that it carries penalties as severe as being excluded from further study at UNSW. There are several on-line sources to help you understand what plagiarism is and how it is dealt with at UNSW:
Make sure that you read and understand these. Ignorance is not accepted as an excuse for plagiarism. In particular, you are also responsible that your assignment files are not accessible by anyone but you by setting the correct permissions in your CSE directory and code repository, if using. Note also that plagiarism includes paying or asking another person to do a piece of work for you and then submitting it as your own work.
UNSW has an ongoing commitment to fostering a culture of learning informed by academic integrity. All UNSW staff and students have a responsibility to adhere to this principle of academic integrity. Plagiarism undermines academic integrity and is not tolerated at UNSW. Plagiarism at UNSW is defined as using the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own.
If you haven't done so yet, please take the time to read the full text of
The pages below describe the policies and procedures in more detail:
You should also read the following page which describes your rights and responsibilities in the CSE context:
| Item | Due | Marks |
| Presentation | Week 10 | 20% |
| Project Report | Week 11 | 80% |
The presentation should be around 30 minutes long, and should summarize both the context of the work and the results you were able to achieve.
The report should be around 40-80 pages and should describe your work in detail. A typical structure for such a report would be:
Substantially more work should be completed for a COMP3902 project, compared to a COMP3901 project.
| Week | Activities |
| 1 | Initial meeting with supervisor to discuss project |
| 2 | Literature survey, tighten project specification, meet with supervisor |
| 3 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 4 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 5 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 6 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 7 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 8 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 9 | Work on project, meet with supervisor |
| 10 | Give presentation on project results |
| 11 | Submit final project report |
The whole internet is your resource. Google Scholar is particularly useful in discovering sources for your literature review.
You should meet with your supervisor at the latest in Week 1 to sort out the details of the topic and how you should approach it. After that, weekly meetings with your supervisor would be useful.
It would be useful to learn how to use Google Scholar to get started with your literature discovery.
Ensure that your project is registered on TMS as soon as possible.
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