Students choose a Projects are agreed by negotiation between the student and a member of the academic staff. Project presentations are held at the end of the implementation phase. Exceptionally a student may undertake a project that does not require programming skills. However a student undertaking such a project would be required to demonstrate an exceptionally high level of skill in the areas of analysis synthesis critical assessment and design. There is no set syllabus as every student will be doing a different project.
Students choose a topic in conjunction with a supervisor and are then free to work on their own.
The final report is to be not more than 50 pages long although appendices are permitted. The total length of report and appendices must not exceed 120 A4 pages. The project has a weight of 1 unit so represents one quarter of the student's final year work. Some projects are done in conjunction with other departments of the College. Others are done in conjunction with external organisations although supervision is always provided within the department.