OPTION OF STUDY: COURSEWORK & DISSERTATION

 

Student should check with their Programme Director on procedures pertaining to selection of topic and supervisor. Students of the following programmes could visit the respective website below for the procedure on project selection details:

 

·         MSc (Communications Engineering): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/students/msc/#msc1

·         MSc (Computer Control & Automation): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee4/MSc/a.asp

·         MSc (Power Engineering): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee1/MSc.asp

·         MSc (Signal Processing): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee3/MSc_Signal_Processing/msc_signal_prog.asp

 

 

SUBMISSION OF DISSERTATION FOR EXAMINATION

 

Student is required to submit two soft-bound copies of the dissertation together with forms titled “Submission of Dissertation” (Appendix D) and “Student Data Form” (Appendix E) through the supervisor and Programme Director to the Head of Division. The supervisor is required to certify on section IV of form “Submission of Dissertation” that the dissertation is ready for examination before he forward the submission to Programme Director and Head of Division. The dissertation and forms will subsequently be forwarded to Graduate Programme Office – Coursework Students Section, EEE to follow-up on examination process.

The title of the dissertation must be exactly the same as the approved project title. If not, a student is requested to fill the Section III of the submission form.

 

All forms related to the dissertation submission are available at:

 

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/students/MSc/

 

Unless extension of candidature is granted, each student is required to submit the dissertation within the maximum period of candidature.

 

For a student to join the convocation⁽¹⁾ held in July of each year, he/she must have fulfilled and passed all requirements [including submitting one final hard bound copy with one CD ROM (The CD ROM can be either in MS Words or PDF format)of their dissertation] by the deadline stipulated by the Graduate Studies Office (The deadline is usually set around mid-May and announce by the Graduate Studies Office). Based on past cases, in general, the dissertation has to be approved by the supervisor, Programme Director and Divisional Head by early March in the same calendar year that it is ready for examination. This is based on the assumption that the dissertation examiners only require the student to make some minor changes to the dissertation and that the student promptly revises the dissertation in accordance with the examiners’ recommendation. One final hard bound copy with one CD ROM (The CD ROM can be either in MS Words or PDF format) of their dissertation should reach the Graduate Programme Office – Coursework Students Section by the mid of May in order to join the convocation of that particular year.

 

Student is liable to pay fee for the following semester should he/she fail to obtain approval from the supervisor, Programme Director and Divisional Head for his/her dissertation submission by the end of a semester (i.e., before the first day of the following semester). Student is also liable to pay fee for one or more subsequent semesters should the examiners recommend more work to be done for the project or student failed to submit the amended dissertation by the deadline stipulated.

 

The standard dissertation format prescribed by the School is given in Appendix C. To avoid any delay in obtaining approvals for dissertation submission, student is advised to adhere strictly to the sample provided, including the structure of Chapter 1.

 

 

OPTION OF STUDY: COURSEWORK ONLY (COURSEWORK + INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE)

 

Student who has selected this option of study is required to opt for an additional elective course (3 AUs) and an Independent Study Module (EE6X90, 3 AUs).

 

                Student should check with their Programme Director on procedures pertaining to selection of topic and supervisor. Students of the following programmes could visit the respective website below for the procedure on project selection details:

 

·         MSc (Communications Engineering): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/students/msc/#msc1

·         MSc (Computer Control & Automation): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee4/MSc/a.asp

·         MSc (Power Engineering): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee1/MSc.asp

·         MSc (Signal Processing): http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee3/MSc_Signal_Processing/msc_signal_prog.asp

 

 

OPTION OF STUDY: COURSEWORK & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (Applicable to Communication Software & Networks students only)

 

Students in the Communication Software & Networks programme can participate in a group software development project (EE6733) in place of an individual dissertation project or Independent Study Module.

Student guidelines on the software development project can be obtained at the following website:

 

http://www.icis.ntu.edu.sg/student_noticeboard/msc_info/softwareproject.asp

 

 

GUIDELINES ON THE INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE

·         Objective

To undertake an independent in-depth study project on an assigned topic under supervision.

·         Content

The topic shall be related to the focus of the MSc programme. It may take the form of one or more of the following:

·                Literature survey on an emerging area

·                Experimental Investigation

·                Mini-project

·                Theoretical study, computational analysis or simulation

It must demonstrate mastery of the topic and evidence of critical thought and independent work.

 

·         Duration

 

The study should be conducted over the period of one semester. Students are to submit and make an oral presentation on their ISM report to their supervisor by week 13 of the respective semester. An extension may be granted on a case by case basis for one additional semester with In-Progress (IP) status only upon submission of a satisfactory interim report to their supervisor by week 13. ISM with IP status should be completed in the following semester; hence students must register the ISM again during the sequence course registration period.

 

·         Format

 

A report of between 6,000 - 8,000 words excluding tables, diagrams and references is to be submitted for examination.

A)      Draft hardcopy for presentation

B)      Final version in softcopy (pdf format) in CD. (Name of student and Project Title should indicate clearly on the CD).

The final version of the report in softcopy is required to submit to their project supervisor within one week after the oral presentation.

 

·         Assessment

 

The module will be assessed by the topic supervisor based on the report and a 30 min oral presentation and Question & Answer session. The Independent Study Module will be graded with "pass" or "fail" as a coursework course.

 

·         Implementation

 

A list of topics will be proposed by supervisors for selection by students before the start of each semester. Students will be assigned their study topic and supervisor at the beginning of each semester. The report is to be submitted and the oral presentation completed by the given deadline at the end of the semester.

 

 

INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE REGISTRATION

 

1)    The Independent Study Module (EE6X90) can be taken in any semester. However, student should decide the semester (example: Sem 2, AY08-09) he would like to take the Independent Study Module EE6X90 and register the course in that semester (example: Sem 2, AY08-09) through the Graduate Course Registration System. Student is expected to complete the ISM at the end of that semester (example: Sem 2, AY08-09).

 

2)    Independent Study Module (ISM) Assessment:

 

Students are to submit and make an oral presentation on their ISM reports to their supervisors by week 13 of the respective semester. Any request for extension of the independent study must be accompanied by an interim report submitted by the student to the supervisor by week 13.

 

 

CHANGE OF OPTION OF STUDY

 

Students, who want to change their study option from “Coursework & Dissertation” to “Coursework Only” or vice versa after choosing their option through GSLink services, must complete form titled “Request to Change Option to Study” (Appendix F) and submit it through the respective (new) supervisor to the Programme Director/Project Coordinator.

 

A soft copy of the change of option form can be obtained from the following link:

 

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/students/MSc/