DATA3720 Community Outreach Project Course description

After completing this course, the students have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student should:

• have an overview of the different phases of developing IT solutions in a company or organization
• have an understanding business processes and organizational structures
• understand their own role in a business or organization.

Skills

The student can:

• apply theoretical knowledge of IT development into a concrete, real problem
• plan, implement and solve practical problems connected to IT projects
• apply technical principles for developing IT solutions that can solve one or more real problems.

General competence

The student can:

• define a problem and suggest possible solutions to the problem
• understand the importance of organizational dynamics and working relationships
• practice professional communication both in writing and orally.

The course builds on computer science courses from the first year of the programme.

Supervision by an internal and/or external project supervisor. Students will write a report describing the project and what they have gained from participating in the project.

Projects are selected/distributed at the start of the semester.

The following work requirements are mandatory and must be approved in order to prepare for the exam:

• A project outline that describes how the group will organise their work on the project.
• A standard learning agreement must be entered into between the project provider / supervisor and the student(s), and this must be approved by the course coordinator before the project can start.
• Three meeting minutes from supervisory meetings during the project period.
• An oral mid-term presentation, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

The deadlines for submitting the project outline and minutes of the meetings will be presented in the teaching plan, which is made available at the beginning of the semester.

Written project report (100% of the final grade).

A written project report delivered at the of the semester, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 4000 words +/-10 %.

For group projects, all members of the group receive the same grade. Under exceptional circumstances, individual grades can be assigned at the discretion of the project supervisor(s) and Head of Studies.

The exam result can be appealed.

The following work requirements are mandatory and must be approved in order to prepare for the exam:

• A standard learning agreement must be entered into between the project provider / supervisor and the student(s), and this must be approved by the course coordinator before the project can start.
• An oral mid-term presentation, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

The deadlines for submitting the project outline and minutes of the meetings will be presented in the teaching plan, which is made available at the beginning of the semester.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

The course builds on computer science courses from the first year of the programme.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.