FIT5127 - Masters thesis part 2

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Overview

This unit is a research unit common to FIT Masters degrees. Due to the nature of IT, a wide range of Masters project types can be offered to students. Some project components are of a practical nature and may involve software development and/or experimentation, while other components are of a … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S1-01-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS

S1-01-MALAYSIA-ON-CAMPUS

S1-FF-CAULFIELD-FLEXIBLE

S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

S2-01-MALAYSIA-EVENING

Requisites

Corequisite

Prerequisite

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Patrick Olivier

Dr Reuben Kirkham

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Jin Zhe

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Design a rigorous Masters level research project and develop project proposal;

Critically review research literature, research design and reported findings;

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

Conduct ethical research;

Communicate research findings in written and oral form in research and industry settings.

Teaching approach

Research activities

Assessment summary

This unit forms part of the sequence of units comprising the Masters Thesis in the Faculty of Information Technology.

The exit point is FIT5128 (18cpts). At the completion of the requirements for the thesis the following components of assessment will be completed:

Semester 1, 2020:

Research Proposal: 5%; Literature Review: 10%; Interim Presentation: hurdle; Final Presentation: 5%; Thesis: 80%

Presentation: this will take the form of a 7-8 minute video. Thesis: the substantive thesis (including appendices) should normally be 9,000-18,000 words for 18 credit point theses.

From semester 2, 2020 onward:

Literature Review + Interim Presentation: 15%; Final Presentation: 5%; Thesis: 80%:

The Literature Review is due on Friday end of Week 8 at 3pm in the student's first semester. The Interim Presentation is a short (less than 3min) video presentation followed by online discussion. The video will be due Friday, end of Week 12 at 3pm in the student's first semester.

The Final Thesis is due on Friday end of Week 12 at 3pm, in the students second semester.

The Final Presentation will take the form of a public poster session in Week 14 in the students second semester.

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