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BEng Software EngineeringBSc Software EngineeringBSc Computer ScienceBSc Computer Systems & NetworkingBSc Computer Security & Forensics

You should be in this room if you are enrolled on stage 3 of one of

the following degrees

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Welcome (back) to the University of Greenwich

Dr Kevin McManus

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Kevin McManus PhD MSc PGCert BSc MBCS Programme Leader

Department of Computing and Information Systems (CIS)

Faculty of Architecture Computing and Humanities (FACH)

• BSc Computer Science• BEng Software Engineering• BSc Software Engineering• BSc Computer Systems & Networking• BSc Computer Security & Forensics

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Programme Leader• Devise, manage and administer the degree

programme• Advise on programme choices• Direct students to sources of support

• academic, pastoral, financial, etc.• Advise on academic progress• Monitor student progress• Report to the department

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Personal Tutor• The Lead Personal Tutor (Year Tutor) for

academic Stage 3 is the Programme Leader

• Your personal tutor is your project supervisor

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Stage 3• For most students this is the final year and counts significantly

towards your degree classifications• 25% stage 2 GPA + 75% stage 3 GPA• academic regulations for taught awards are available online

• The individual project is 60 credits• half of your final year

• Most programmes have 30 credits of core courses• two 15 credit courses, one in each term

• Most programmes have 30 credits of optional courses• two 15 credit courses, one in each term

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Individual Project• Says more about you than anything else you do at university

• not only in terms of marks• Conforms to BCS requirements • Encourages student-led learning

• the project is selected or originated by you according to your own interests and appropriate to your programme of study

• Any subject or material appropriate to your programme of study which you feel that you have not had an opportunity to cover in your taught courses can and should be incorporated into your project• where appropriate access to teaching material can be arranged

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Programme Options

• Available online at Undergraduate Stage 3 (Final Year) Options

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Programmes and Options• Programme Change

• contact your programme leader• change must be authorised by the programme

leader of your destination programme• Course Change Form

• online through student intranet• requires my online approval• requires a convincing reason to change

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Individual Project• Through term 1 you have a 2 hour weekly session

with 2 tutors• These tutors will become your supervisor and your

second marker• you will be required to pitch your project notion Dragon's

Den style• one of the two Dragon's will become your supervisor

• Through term 2 you are on your own• expected to arrange regular meetings with your supervisor

• More details including PowerPoint slides online

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Classification• 1st Class Honours >70%• 2:1 – Upper Second Honours >60%• 2:2 – Lower Second Honours >50%• 3rd Class Honours >40%

How is your grade calculated?

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New Students• There is a lab session on to get you up to speed with

our systems• there is a lot to take on board

• Wednesday 2:00-5:00 King William KW116 and other KW labs

• Staff, mentors and other helpers will assume you are first year students so please let them know that you are third year direct entry and avoid confusion

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Student Representatives

• We need student representative to provide feedback • ad-hoc to the year tutor• at Stage Committee Meetings

• one each term

• Please make yourself known to your year tutor• Me

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Questions?