Capstone Project (MCEN90022) // Assessment

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Semester 1 Students

1. Continuous assessment (10%)

Continuous assessment will be assessed by the completion of a Progress Report, consisting of a verbal presentation and a short report, requiring approximately 30 to 35 hours of work per student.

2. Final Report (45%)

• The Final Report will be a professional document reporting the findings and contributions of the project team, of no more than 10,000 words (45 pages), excluding appendices of supporting material that can include diagrams, tables, computations and computer output; it will include an extended Executive Summary of the important findings contained in the report; and will require 170-200 hours of work.
• • Due at the end of the last week of semester 1.

3. Exhibition (Lay Person Oral Examination) (10%)

Normally team-based assessment, however, individual assessment may be completed. Requires approximately 35 to 40 hours of work.

• Static display materials (i.e. poster, computer demonstration, prototype) (5%)
• Non-technical (lay-person) oral examination of no more than 20 minutes (5%)
• • Presented within Conference schedule and static display materials made available for Exhibition, both the Conference and the Exhibition are held at end of semester 1.

4. Conference (Technical Oral Examination) (15%)

• Normally team-based assessment however individual assessment may be completed. All team members must address the audience. Consider the proceedings as if a professional conference. Each team will be allocated 15 minutes and each project will have 5 minutes allocated for questions. Requires 35 to 40 hours work per student.
• • Conference held at end of semester 1.

5. Assessment based on lecture material (20%)

• Report (based on lectures) not exceeding 1500 words per student; individual assessment; requiring approximately 30 to 35 hours work per student.
• • Due end of Week 10 of semester 1.

Year Long Students

1. Continuous assessment (10%)

Continuous assessment will be assessed by the completion of a Progress Report, consisting of a verbal presentation and a short report, requiring approximately 30 to 35 hours of work per student.

To be completed before the end of week 2 of semester 2.

2. Final Report (45%)

• The Final Report will be a professional document reporting the findings and contributions of the project team, of no more than 10,000 words (45 pages), excluding appendices of supporting material that can include diagrams, tables, computations and computer output; it will include an extended Executive Summary of the important findings contained in the report; and will require 170-200 hours of work.
• • Due mid-semester 2.

3. Exhibition (Lay Person Oral Examination) (10%)

Normally team-based assessment, however, individual assessment may be completed. Requires approximately 35 to 40 hours of work.

• Static display materials (i.e. poster, computer demonstration, prototype) (5%)
• Non-technical (lay-person) oral examination of no more than 20 minutes (5%)
• • Presented within Conference schedule and static display materials made available for Exhibition, both the Conference and the Exhibition are held at end of semester 2.

4. Conference (Technical Oral Examination) (15%)

• Normally team-based assessment however individual assessment may be completed. All team members must address the audience. Consider the proceedings as if a professional conference. Each team will be allocated 15 minutes and each project will have 5 minutes allocated for questions. Requires 35 to 40 hours work per student.
• • Conference held at end of semester 2.

5. Assessment based on lecture material (20%)

• Report (based on lectures) not exceeding 1500 words per student; individual assessment; requiring approximately 30 to 35 hours work per student.
• • Due end of Week 10 of semester 1.

Hurdle Requirement

All components of the assessment must be satisfactorily completed to pass the subject.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) associated with assessments

ILO 1 will be principally assessed in the final reporting tasks, i.e. Final Report, Exhibition (lay person oral examination) and Conference (technical oral examination) tasks.

ILOs 2, 3, 4 and 5 are assessed in all project assessment tasks.

ILO 6 is assessed in the professional practice task (essay).