Formerly coded as EG4301 DCP Dissertation, this final year project course is the culmination of a student's learning journey in the Innovation & Design Programme. In this course, students will learn how to apply and integrate knowledge and skills acquired from preceding courses to pursue an area of innovation in a design or research project. The project may be a continuation or extension of a preceding one to deliver an integrated, improved, and optimised solution to the original problem of interest, or a fresh project that arises from a new design problem or research question. Students are expected to demonstrate a high level of independent inquiry in their project, while at the same time working effectively with their project team members and mentors.

In this course, students are expected to be able to:

• Identify and formulate a problem/question of interest.
• Propose a solution/study to address the problem/question through the use of appropriate methodologies.
• Implement the proposed solution/study.
• Assess whether the proposed solution/study effectively addresses the problem/question based on appropriate performance indicators.
• Draw meaningful conclusions and make improvements to methodology or proposed solution/study based on proper analyses and interpretation of results/observations.
• Present and defend their work in the appropriate written and verbal forms.
• Perform their work in a timely, professional and independent manner.

Workload: 12 units (modular credits) over two consecutive semesters

Examples of projects completed by students in CDE4301 / EG4301 may be found on our projects page.