Introduction to the coursework

In class today we spoke about the coursework.

Current second year students, Olivia, Lilly and Holly spoke gave their presentation from last year showing their project appraisal.

After this we discussed the timetable. And I answered some questions regarding the coursework.

Q: Is there a list of topics that students can view?
A: Yes you can find it here: https://vknight.org/cfm/assessment/#past-group-projects
Q: What will be doing in class?
A: We will be working the relevant chapters of Python for Mathematics. We are tackling the building tools section of the course.
Q: Are we writing all the code in a Jupyter notebook?
A: You can see a list of the files that are expected to be submitted here: https://vknight.org/cfm/assessment/
Q (to the appraisal group): How did you work?
A [Vince paraphrasing]: We worked together on all the topics, meeting and working together each week but also working alone each week.

A suggested progress timeline is below:

Week 1 - Expected progress: Group Formation
Week 2 - Expected progress: Initial Ideas
Week 3 - Expected progress: Idea consolidation
Week 4 - Expected progress: Prototype
Week 5 - Expected progress: Modularisation of code
Week 6 - Expected progress: Documentation of code
Week 7 - Expected progress: Testing of code
Week 8 - Expected progress: Start of research paper
Week 9: Group work - Expected progress: Start of presentation story board
Week 10: Group work - Expected progress: Finish paper and visual aids for presentation
Week 11: Group work - Expected progress: Finish visual aids and rehearse paper
Week 12: Group coursework deadline