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ITI5128 Masters thesis final

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Unit Code, Name, Abbreviation

ITI5128 Masters thesis final (01 Sep 2020, 1:04pm) [Masters thesis final (01 Sep 2020, 1:04pm)]

Reasons for Introduction

Reasons for Introduction (01 Sep 2020, 1:04pm)

This unit is a duplicate unit of FIT5128. The ITIxxxx units have been created for the Monash Indonesia offering of the Master of Data Science due to the different teaching mode.

Objectives

Objectives (01 Sep 2020, 1:10pm)

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

  1. design a rigorous Masters 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.

Unit Content

ASCED Discipline Group Classification (01 Sep 2020, 1:10pm)

029999

Synopsis (01 Sep 2020, 1:11pm)

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 more theoretical nature.

Teaching Methods

Mode (01 Sep 2020, 1:11pm)

On-campus

Special teaching arrangements (01 Sep 2020, 1:12pm)

There will be six seminars/workshops of 2 hours length across the two semesters (three each semester) which will cover scientific communication.

Assessment

Assessment Summary (01 Sep 2020, 1:12pm)

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

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

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.

Workloads

Credit Points (01 Sep 2020, 1:13pm)

18 Achievable / 6 Enrolled

Workload Requirements (01 Sep 2020, 1:13pm)

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.

Resource Requirements

Teaching Responsibility (Callista Entry) (01 Sep 2020, 1:13pm)

FIT

Prerequisites

Prerequisite Units (01 Sep 2020, 1:14pm)

ITI5126

Corequisites (01 Sep 2020, 1:14pm)

ITI5127

Prohibitions (01 Sep 2020, 1:14pm)

FIT5128

Location of Offering (01 Sep 2020, 1:14pm)

Indonesia

Faculty Information

Proposer

Jeanette Niehus

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Version History

01 Sep 2020 Jeanette Niehus Admin: New unit for Indonesia, this is a copy of FIT5128 content.

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