1 Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of the mobile application development and professional practice.
2 Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to the student’s own research or advanced scholarship.
3 Evidence innovation in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the mobile application development domain.
4 Demonstrate conceptual understanding in critically evaluating current research and advanced scholarship/practice in the field of mobile application development in a global marketplace and evaluate methodologies.
5 Evidence innovation and synthesis in the application of theory and techniques, drawn from earlier studies, through the production of the dissertation/project, a significant piece of high level independent work.
These learning outcomes of the programme align well with the QAA Subject Knowledge and
Understanding (section 5) for a masters in Computing
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/QAA386_Comput
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32 Course Structure
Students who begin their studies in January will start with Semester 2 modules, as shown below. During the summer break students will be encouraged to work on research leading to their dissertation/project. In September, these students will join the September starters studying modules delivered in Semester 1 structure, as shown below. Once both semesters’
module deliveries are completed, the students will embark on their Dissertation and work towards their submission deadline in March/April.
Students will be encouraged to choose a project fitting their communities or organisations they have worked for or select one from a list of projects from academic provision which usually tend to be industrial-based. They are expected to select appropriate methodologies and technologies with respect to the project and client, whilst applying appropriate project management skills. All students are expected to present their outputs during the Dissertation conference.
Semester 1 Core (Y) Semester 2 Core (Y)
Responsive Web Development Y Mobile Application Development
Y
User Experience Design Y Mobile Games Prototyping Y
Project Management Y Elective N
Research Practice(delivered in Semester 1 and 2) (Core)
Semester 3 Elective Options:
Design Patterns for Web Application Development
Systems, Designs and Innovation
Network and Convergence Architectures
Dissertation Y
Note: The above course structure is for Full-Time September start. Full-Time January start students embark on Semester 2 modules followed by Semester 1 modules.
Part-Time structure:
Year 1: Choose 4 modules (including Project Management in Semester 1) + Research Practice (in Semester 2) – 100 credits
Year 2: Choose 2 modules, Research Practice continues, and Dissertation.
33 Consistent with the University’s regulatory framework, the credit ratings for the awards are as follows:
MSc Awards: Achieve 40% or more in 160 credits and 30% or more in the balance of 20 credits. Overall, you must achieve an average of 40% or more in 180 credits.
PgDip Awards: Achieve 40% or more in 100 and 30% or more in the balance of 20 credits.
Overall, you must achieve an average of 40% or more in 120 credits.
PGCert Awards: Achieve 40% or more in ALL 60 credits. You may not fail any module.
You must submit work for every component of assessment. Any reassessments will be set at component level:
A component is a part of a module which has a final assessment attached to it – eg a module with 30% exam and 70% coursework has 2 components of assessment.
Please note that the regulation permits you to be reassessed in all modules on the award once only and the mark will be capped at 40%.
Details are found under section C4 Conferment of Awards - http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/public-information/academic-regulations/.
Course Resources
Physical and Technical Resources
The School of Computing, Creative Technologies and Engineering has its own dedicated IT support team developing and supporting its own Network servers, desktop PCs and software to provide a customised service that is needed to support a highly innovative, technical and changing IT infrastructure that is needed to support the academic provision. The school provides a range of resources that are highly relevant for the course (e.g. EGX300 gateway for collating metered data, Powermeter, virtual machines, simulations for network management, Cloud Sim, etc.).
The following are state of the art labs that are accessible by students:
8 x labs of 25 Apple iMacs with the following spec 24” screen, 2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320GB SATA, 4GB Memory
3 x labs of 25 HP Compaq DC7800 Core 2 Processors 3Ghz, 3GB Memory, 250Gb SATA drive, DVD +/- rewriters (3 of these labs have an extra 25 PCs connected to a dedicated network for Computer Forensics/Network, Operating Systems, Security and Communications based type modules) 1 lab is equipped with the extra devices to enable students to explore the configuration of computer networks
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150 x Windows Toshiba laptops and 30 x Apple MacBooks for open access/footprint room activities, including self-study in the libraries or other non-lab rooms
Three labs have access to Linux open source systems
The computer labs are supported by technical staff from 8:30 AM to 9:00 PM Mon to Thurs and 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Fri and 10:00am to 5:00 PM on Sundays during term time. At all other times the labs in the James Graham building are open with entrance via the library.
Thus we have labs that are open 24/7, 365 days of the year.
Masters Room
The Priestley 206 room is available exclusively to our Postgraduate students, with internet access and a small collection of books donated by academics.
Library Resources
The Library purchases a range of quality electronic and print resources to support the curriculum, numbering over almost 400,000 items. Academic Librarians are responsible for the identification and selection of materials to support courses and research in their subject area. Many information and learning resources are acquired in electronic format where available, enabling simultaneous multi-user access 24/7 from both on and off campus. The Library has access to many bibliographic and full text databases. The Resource Discovery Tool, “Discover” supplied by EBSCO, provides single search access for users to the whole range of information resources available through the University Library services. Other Information Databases in this subject area are ACM Digital Library, ProQuest Technology, IEEE Xplore Digital Library etc.
The Library also works with other libraries to enable access for Leeds Beckett students and staff. For example, SCONUL Access provides access to resources in over 140 institutions across the country. An Interlibrary Loan service is available to staff, research students, taught masters students and undergraduates working on dissertations to facilitate access to information resources not held by The Library.
The Library opens 24/7 every day of the year providing over 2100 study places of which approximately 800 offer access to computing or multi-media facilities. Wireless networking is also available throughout The Library and wireless enabled laptops are available for loan.
35 The i-print system offers multi-functional devices for printing, photocopying and scan to email, as well as the option to send to print from home computers or personal laptops.
The Library website, Library Online, provides access to information and resources available through The Library, including the support For Your Subject pages, information about library services, and a range of written and online Guides and Tutorials for further help and
Discover – a single interface to simultaneously search the library catalogue and many of the research subscription databases http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/resources
Skills for Learning – a University resource to support key skills development http://skillsforlearning.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/
A number of Journals are available, for reference the following are mentioned below:
IEEE Journals, ACM Transactions, Computing, Computer Weekly, International journal on semantic web and information systems, Knowledge Engineering Review, Expert Systems with Applications, and AI and Society.
A number of relevant databases are also available via the digital library http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/az.php?a=i
For Your Subject guides (e.g. databases):
http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/resources/databases Library Guides and Tutorials:
http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/home
You are encouraged to keep up with industry developments by accessing journals such as
“Computing” or “Computer Weekly” on a regular basis.