Capstone Project

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Capstone Project (FEM499)

Applications Open: To be confirmed

Applications Close: To be confirmed

Next Available Intake: To be confirmed

Course Types: To be confirmed

Language: English

Duration: 12 months

Fees: To be confirmed

Area of Interest: Built Environment, Management

Schemes: To be confirmed

Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: School of Science and Technology

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Synopsis

This dissertation course which is on the Honours programmes requires students to apply their knowledge to carry out an independent research project on a topic of their choice. Students have to decide on a topic, frame a research question, review the relevant literature, and prepare a research proposal. In addition, students are required to collect data, conduct appropriate analysis and write up a research report. To allow students to have more time for data collection and analysis, this dissertation course spans over two academic semesters.

Level: 4
Credit Units: 10
Presentation Pattern: Every semester

Topics

Objectives of Project
Capstone Requirements
Communication Competence
Critical Thinking
Adaptive Competence
Leadership Capacity
Scholarly Concern for Improvement
Motivation of Continued Learning
Summative Evaluation

Learning Outcome

Discuss the scope of your capstone project problem to be investigated
Analyze the motivation / benefits / rewards of your project problem
Review the literature to gather information about the project and the available solutions
Examine the constraints / drawbacks in the available solutions
Define the assumptions / conditions relevant to your project
Formulate your project problem/ model / system
Design / implement / simulate the system
Test the system / model / software
Compare your results with the solutions available in the literature
Draft a detailed report on your project work
Summarize the project work as a poster, defining the project problem, the solution(s), benefits of the solution(s) and any improvements that can be done
Give an oral presentation