Capstone Project (FMT499)

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.

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

• 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