Introduction to Academic Project
INTRODUCTION
No
1
Academic
Project
Course Code
1. WAES3181 Academic Project for Artificial
Intelligence I
2. WKES3181 Academic Project for Software
Engineering I
3. WMES3181 Academic Project For
Management Information System I
4. WRES3181
Academic
Project
for
Academic
Computing System & Technology I
Project I
5. WRET3181
Academic
Project
For
Multimedia I
6. WPET3181
Academic
Project
For
Management I
OR
WXES3183 Fundamental Research in
Academic Project *
Credits
3
Semester
Semester II
Year 3
Prerequisites
Pass all
Programme
Core Courses
Level 1 and 2
except
Industrial
Training
No
2
Academic
Project
Course Code
Credits Semester
1.
WAES3182 Academic Project for Artificial
Intelligence II
2.
WKES3182 Academic Project for Software
Engineering II
3.
WMES3182
Academic
Project
Management Information System II
For
WRES3182
Academic
Project
Computing System & Technology II
for
5.
WRET3182
Academic
Multimedia II
Project
For
6.
WPET3182
Academic
Management II
Project
For
Academic
Project II 4.
5
Semester I
Year 4
Prerequisites
Pass with at
least a C grade
for Academic
Project I
 The main objective of Academic Project I and II is to
provide students with the skills in analyzing, designing
and implementing computer solutions to a variety of
problems.
 The aim of the faculty to offer this course is to leverage
students’ technical and soft skills.
 Through this course, students should be able to
demonstrate their technical knowledge, problemsolving, critical thinking and good decision-making.
Introduction
 WXES3183 is conducted over a semester.
 Initial tasks to complete the project such as:
 identifying project title,
 producing a proposal
 demonstrating mastery of developments tools
 Failure to complete the project in one semester will
result in the students awarded with an F grade.
 The course is conducted by the respective departments.
Hence, supervision and assessments are done by
members of the department concerned.
Learning Outcomes
 At the end of the course, students will be able to:
i. Analyze problems and produce problem statements.
ii. Identify appropriate solution approach for the
problems.
iii. Review literatures related to the problems.
iv. Use appropriate programming languages and/or tools
for each solution proposed.
v. Identify commercialization opportunity for the
product to be developed.
Synopsis of Course Content
 This course covers the following research activities:
 Problem identification
 Literature review
 Solution identification
 Mastery of the proposed tools/programming languages
 Writing a research proposal
 Research proposal presentation (viva) and show the
mastery of tools/programming languages
Roles
 Students:
 Register the course.
 Choose the project title and supervisor.
 Discuss the project title with the supervisor.
 Perform the academic project diligently.
 Attend the Research Methodology class (for Academic
Project I).
 Present the work via Viva/Project presentation.
 Submit the proposal/report to the office before the
deadline.
 Supervisors:
 Propose project titles on the e-ilmiah faculty system.
 Discuss the proposed titles with students and choose
student for each title.
 Supervise and coach students on the project.
 Monitor students progress
 Evaluate and mark students’ reports.
 Supervision meetings:
 frequency of meetings:
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by agreement with your supervisor,
I would start with once a week and then only make
appointments
Some supervisors set a regular slots during the week for
project supervisions
 Preparations for meetings:
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decide what you need advice and feedback on
in some cases, it is better to send things to the supervisor in
advance, to give them time to read and comment
take notes during the meeting
if don’t understand something, ask to repeat/explain
 Panel Members:
 Attend students’ viva/presentations for Academic
Projects I and II.
 Evaluate student’s presentations and their mastery of
tools.
 Coordinators:
 Manage the process of Academic Project of each
department
Flow Chart for Academic Project 1
Lecturer/
Supervisor
Meeting & Discussion
Submit proposal
Propose
project
titles
REJECTED
Decide Tools
Student
Tool Skills
Presentation
ASSIGN
ACCEPTED
Attend Student
Presentation
APPROVE?
Dept.
Coordinator
Week 1 to 4
ASSIGN
Week 5 to 7
Panel
1&2
Week 8 to 12
Evaluate &
Key-in Marks
Week 13 to 15
Evaluation Methods
 Continuous evaluation: 100%.
 Academic Project I:
 Supervisor – Proposal - 40%
 Panels - Mastery of Tools/Viva - 60%
Viva
 2 panel members (lecturers from your department who are familiar
with your topic) will be assigned to evaluate your work.
 The schedule of the viva will be prepared by the Coordinator of each
dept, usually on Week 13 and Week 14.
 Viva will be conducted in the labs or BT/BK.
 Preparation for the viva:
 Slides – to show your research proposal
 Introduction
 Problem Statement
 Objectives
 Literature Review
 Design/Model/Analysis/Algorithm
 Mastery of the tools/programming languages
Proposal Writing
All students are required to prepare a proposal for Academic
Project I which contains at least the following information:
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Introduction to relevant project/title.
Problem statement and the proposed solutions.
Project scope.
Project objectives
Literature reviews where the students should be able to elaborate
and make a comparison on the methods/solutions that have
been implemented before.
 Methodology and system design.
 Gantt chart.
 References.
Research Method class
 For Academic Project I, all students are required to
attend Research Methodology class which is
conducted 2 hours per week (please refer to the time
table).
 The aim of the class is to provide a set of guidelines to
students on how to do research.
Objectives:
 At the end of the course, students should be able to:
 understand some basic concepts of research and its
methodologies
 analyze and define appropriate research problem
 prepare and a project proposal
 write a research report
 Teaching schedule:
WEEK
TOPIC
2
Introduction to the Course
3
Overview of Research
4
Literature Review
5
Defining Research Problem
6
Writing Research Proposals/Reports
7
Preparing for Presentation/Viva
Introduction
 In this course, students are required to design and
develop a prototype based on the problem and tools
that they have identified in AP 1, write a project report,
present and defend their project.
Learning outcomes
 Depends on your department. For e.g. For AI dept.....
 At the end of this course, students are able to :
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Develop project using identified tools
Demonstrate ethical and professional values in project
development and documentation
Write report.
Solve problems based on best practices
Use knowledge from various sources for project development
EVALUATION METHOD
 Continuous evaluation: 100%.
 Academic Project II:
 Supervisor –Report - 40%
 Panels - System/Viva - 60%
 Viva
Each student must present their system during the viva/
system demo.
 Report
Each student must prepare a report for Academic Project II which contains at least the
following information:
 Abstract
 Introduction to relevant project/title.
 Problem statement and the proposed solutions.
 Project scope.
 Project objectives.
 Literature reviews where the students should be able to elaborate and make a
comparison on the methods/solutions that have been implemented before.
 Methodology and system design.
 System development.
 System evaluation.
 Conclusions.
 References.
Flow Chart Academic Project 2
Lecturer/
Supervisor
Evaluate &
Key-in Marks
System Design
Viva
Pre-Viva
Student
Panel
1&2
Submit Report
Week 1 to 7
Week 8 to 12
Week 13 to 15
Excellence Academic Project
Award
 We are proud to announce the Excellence Academic
Project Award or Anugerah Projek Akademik
Cemerlang (APAC).
 The objectives of the award are to:
 steer the competition sprits amongst students to
produce good/quality systems
 acknowledge the effort of our students in designing and
developing good systems
 identify and restore good projects for other students
references and exhibitions
 This award will be given to the best project of each
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department/major.
The candidates for the award will be selected from the
Academic Project II viva.
The selection will be based on the marks of the viva.
The selection for the award will be based on some
additional criteria such as commercial values,
marketability and originality.
Prizes: RM500 + certificate.
 Process
Academic Project II
Viva Panel
Academic Project Coordinator
Unit/Departments Meeting
Award Receivers
e-ilmiah System
Coordinators
Academic
Project
Coordinator
Dr. Norisma
Idris
AI
SE
Dr. Norisma
Idris
Dr. Norazlina
Khamis
IS/IT
Dr. Fariza
Hanum Md
Nasaruddin
Networking
Multimedia
Mr. Noorzaily
Mohamed Nor
Mrs
Hannyzzura Pal
Do’s & Don’ts in Academic Project
 Do’s
 Find your supervisor and topic ASAP (latest by Week 4)
 Attend the Research Methodology class
 Register Academic Project I and II consecutively
 Come up with your own project topic, but you need to discuss
it with your supervisor to make sure it is appropriate and the
supervisor is happy to supervise it.
 Don’ts
 Change the WXES3183 topic and supervisor during Academic
Project II
 Plagiarize