Week 3 (18 Feb 2019 - 22 Feb 2019)

On Wednesday, 20 February 2019, the first class and meeting of all students taking Final Year Project 1 (FYP 1) was held at the TTL 2. In two hours duration from 3.00PM to 5.00PM, students had given brief introduction of FYP 1. The contents are including:


1. Introduction

Lecturer has given a lecture on the FYP introduction and much more input. Students need to know the purpose of  FYP, aim, objective and other content of FYP.


2. Course Outline

A handout has been given to all students for their guidance through the semester. Students are allocated with 17 Week of FYP 1 course, and during Week 11 students need to perform their Proposal Defense Presentation.

Figure 2.1: The Activities Allocated from Week 1 until Week 9

Figure 2.2: The Activities Allocated from Week 10 until Week 17

3. FYP Evaluation

      The evaluation including:

• Logbook / Blog: 30%
• Proposal Defense Presentation: 35%
• Project Report Proposal: 35%

4. FYP Generic Title Guide           

 Students are given a handout as a guide to generate a generic title for theri FYP 1 project. The title shoud be include type, invention, method and target as shown in the diagram below. No objection if students want to generate their project title without this guideline. As for me, I create a title without these guideline. To conclude, my project title is "Heart Rate Measurement Device for Blind People at Home". The tips on creating synopsis also given in this handout.

Figure 4.1: Chart of FYP Generic Title

Figure 4.2: Guideline of Creating Synopsis of the Project

5. General Advices

• Meet with supervisor to discuss and gain information with in writing and producing the best product or researh.
• Start early. Put in enough work and start early. 
• Do not leave to the last moment – try writing a little each day.

Conclusion:

After this lecture, I decide to keep my activity on tracks based on the schedule and write a synopsis of the project.