Final Project I (MAT497) | GSÜ - ECTS Information Guide

Content

Objective

The aim of this course is to enable students to analyze, design, implement, and evaluate a real engineering problem by integratively applying the theoretical knowledge and technical skills they have acquired throughout their computer engineering education. Within the scope of the course, students develop a software or hardware system individually or in teams under the supervision of a faculty advisor. In this process, they carry out an engineering project that includes problem definition, literature review, system design, implementation, testing, and validation stages. The course also aims to provide students with experience in project management, technical reporting, presentation skills, and engineering ethics.

Course Content

1. Scientific research process, identification of the research problem, preparation of the first draft of the report.
2. Discussion of the selected project topics, determination and presentation of the project objectives.
3. Establishing the project work schedule, basic information on the use of project management tools.
4. Preparation of the project plan.
5. Conducting an academic literature review, identifying similar and existing studies, preparing a literature review report, and proper citation of sources.
6. Determining the tasks to be carried out in the project and the technologies to be used, identifying the project components.
7. Designing the project, defining workflows and usage requirements, basic information on the use of existing project design tools.
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9. Preparation of the second interim report.
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14. Preparation of the third interim report.

Course Learning Outcomes

A student who successfully completes this course will be able to:
1. Clearly define the problem that constitutes the subject of the study.
2. Provide a solution to the problem using a computer engineering technique.
3. Interpret the results obtained with the help of comparisons and scenario analyses.
4. Apply the proposed approach to real-life examples.
5. Conduct a literature review.
6. Develop skills in preparing and delivering technical presentations and posters.
7. Improve the ability to present a technical topic within the allocated time.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Face-to-face work under the supervision of the graduation project advisor.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
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Practice Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	Scientific research process, identification of the research problem, preparation of the first draft of the report.
2	Discussion of the selected project topics, determination and presentation of the project objectives.
3	Establishing the project work schedule, basic information on the use of project management tools.
4	Preparation of the project plan.
5	Conducting an academic literature review, identifying similar and existing studies, preparing a literature review report, and proper citation of sources.
6	Determining the tasks to be carried out in the project and the technologies to be used, identifying the project components.
7	Designing the project, defining workflows and usage requirements, basic information on the use of existing project design tools.
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9	Preparation of the second interim report.
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14	Preparation of the third interim report.

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	3	25
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	1	25
Total	4	50

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	0	0
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	3	25
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	0
Make-up	0	0
Total	3	25

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	understands principles of deductive reasoning; has experience to verify well-foundedness and exactness of mathematical statements in systematic ways;					X
2	can properly state and use concepts and results of major mathematical interest;					X
3	masters current computational techniques and algorithms; has a good ability in their use; can identify relevant tools, among those one has learned, suitable to solve a problem and is able to judge whether or not one is in possession of these tools;					X
4	is able to express one’s mathematical ideas in an organised way both in written and oral forms;					X
5	understands relations connecting substantial concepts and results; can switch from one viewpoint to another on mathematical objects (pictures, formulae, precise statements, heuristic trials, list of examples,...);					X
6	has followed individually a guided learning strategy; has pursued steps toward the resolution of unfamiliar problems;					X
7	has a theoretical and practical knowledge in computer science well adapted for learning a programming language;					X
8	has investigated the relevance of modeling and using mathematical tools in natural sciences and in the professional life; is conscious about historical development of mathematical notions;					X
9	has followed introduction to some mathematical or non-mathematical disciplines after one’s proper choice; had experience to learn selected subjects according to one’s proper arrangement;					X
10	masters French language as well as other foreign languages, to a level sufficient to study or work abroad.					X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	13	4	52
Working Hours out of Class	13	6	78
Assignments	0	0	0
Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Other Applications	0	0	0
Final Examinations (including preparation)	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0	0
Reports	3	8	24
Learning Diary	0	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
Make-up	0	0	0
Yıl Sonu	0	0	0
Hazırlık Yıl Sonu	0	0	0
Hazırlık Bütünleme	0	0	0
Total Workload			154
Total Workload / 25			6.16
Credits ECTS			6