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This module will enable you to:
1. Appreciate the principles and technologies that underpin Apps and Websites we use everyday.
2. Explain the role of computational thinking in a number of different areas whcih underpin modern Computer Science.
3. Recognise and reflect on the power and limitations of computational processes.
4. Research and synthesise a range of "Big Ideas" in Computer Science and critically reflect on how they relate to current applications and state-of-the-art research within and beyond the field.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 10 |
Small Group | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 4 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 76 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: Independent research report on select topics of the module | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 70 |
Presentation: Active participation in workshops and group presentation on selected topics | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Continuous Assessment: Outcome report of discussion sessions | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Detailed written feedback will be provided post-assessment for the research report at the time the provisional results are released. Oral group/class feedback will provided on the discussion session reports and the presentations.