FIT5128 is a unit introduced for administrative purposes to create flexible enrolment for the Masters Thesis which is a unit of the Masters degrees in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) for 2014. This unit will have an enrolled value of 6CP and 18CP achievable. Achievable credit points will be allocated given successful completion of FIT5126/FIT5127/FIT5128.

17/7/13 Amending location of offering. Effective Semester 1 2015.

9/8/13 - Objectives have been amended by CE to comply with AQF requirements, for 2015 offering.

15/12/2013 - Amended pre-requisites to include: Students must have successfully completed 24 points of level five non-foundation units and have achieved an overall average of at least 70% across all non-foundation units. Foundation units are FIT5123, FIT5130, FIT5131, FIT5132, FIT5134 and FIT5135. Also, added off-campus offering. Changes effective from S1, 2014

21/10/2014 - Amended prerequisite requirements by adding 2015, FIT9xxx version of 2014, FIT5xxx foundation units. Approved at GPC 4/14 (Item 6.2).

2/2/2015 - Amended assessment changed so that the weightings are the same as Honours and Masters Minor Thesis. Objectives changed to learning outcomes for AQF compliance and Semester 1, 2015 implementation.

12/10/15 - Amended prerequisite and corequisite requirements to simplify. This change is effective for all students from Semester 1, 2016.

12/06/2017: Admin - updating location of offering to reflect actual campus offerings at the ADE's request.

12/07/2017: Admin - update CE.

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

25/03/2020: Admin - remove old word limit.

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

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.

22/09/2020 - Admin: Update to include new assessment and teaching approach fields as per Handbook requirements.

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

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:

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

On-campus and off-campus

Research activities

This unit forms part of the sequence of units comprising the Masters Thesis in the Faculty of Information Technology.

The exit point is FIT5128 (18cpts). At the completion of the requirements for the thesis the following components of assessment will be completed:

In-semester: 100%

1. Research Proposal - 5% - ULO: 1, 3, 4, 5
2. Literature Review and Interim Presentation - 10% - ULO: 2, 5
3. Final Presentation - 5% - ULO: 5
4. Thesis - 80% - ULO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

18 Achievable / 6 Enrolled

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 Honours Students and FIT5210 students and needs to be timetabled a single 2-hour slot for all these students.

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