FIT4442 is a unit introduced for administrative purposes to create flexible enrolment for the Honours Thesis which is a core unit of the Honours degrees in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) for 2011. This unit will have an enrolled value of 6CP and 0CP achievable. Achievable credit points will be allocated in FIT4444/FIT4448.

24/09/2020 Admin: Update to include new assessment and teaching approach fields as per Handbook requirements.

24/7/20: Reason for change added on behalf of CE. Assessment update for implementation S2, 2020. Interim Presentation (0%) does not meet Monash policy on hurdles. Tying the presentation into the Lit Review (15%). Discussed with DDE and ADLT.

19/06/2020: Assignment changes and inclusion of teaching (to reflect fact that Research Methods is a general module not focused on project students).

4/5/2020: As the MSA course 4307 Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences is in teach-out, the MSA offering of this unit has been re-coded to FZA4442 effective Semester 1, 2021. These units will be managed by South Africa and therefore no separate Monatar entries will be made

25/03/2020: Admin - updating the thesis component word limit and presentation information in assessment on behalf of the CE.

28/01/2020: Admin - change to synopsis updating the courses the unit is applicable to.

15/10/2018: Update to prerequisites to add correct eligible course codes and make these units available for enrolment via WES.

3/02/2015 - Updates to description and prerequisites (addition of BICAH), moved section of text from Assessment to Synopsis, wording edit to learning outcomes to make it clear that the outcomes relate to the thesis, not the individual units that make up the thesis.

27/01/2015 - Objectives changed to learning outcomes for AQF compliance and Semester 1, 2015 implementation.

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

This research unit is a compulsory unit for all FIT Honours degrees. The unit builds on the knowledge gained in FIT4005 Research methods and provides students with the opportunity to acquire advanced knowledge of a selected area in IT and develop research skills needed to undertake a higher degree.

On completion of the Honours thesis units, students will be able to:

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This unit is a research unit and a requirement for the FIT Honours degrees. Due to the nature of IT, a wide range of Honours project types can be offered to students. Some project components are of a practical nature and may involve some software development and/or experimentation, while other components are of a more theoretical nature.

This unit forms part of the sequence of units comprising the Honours thesis in the Faculty of Information Technology.

Two exit points exist for the Honours thesis, FIT4444 (24 pts) and FIT4448 (18 pts).

The 24 credit point exit point is applicable to:

• Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
• Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours)
• Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences (Honours)

The 18 credit point exit point is applicable to:

Honours stream in the Bachelor of Software Engineering.

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

Research activities Students will research an agreed thesis topic under the guidance of their supervisor and will receive feedback on their progress through regular meetings with their supervisor.

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.

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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.

The seminar/workshop program is in common with the Minor Thesis Students and needs to be timetabled a single 2-hour slot for all these students.

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Admission to one of the following Information Technology Honours programs:

Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) (C3702) Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) (C3701) Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences (Honours) (4308) Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours Stream) Bachelor of Informatics and Computation Advanced (Honours) (4312) Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) (C3001) Bachelor of Science (Honours) (in Computational Science) (S3701)