Discussion of Final Year Project

Final year project which is the spot light in the 3rd year or the final year of any kind of degree offered by an university. It can be called as the turning point of a student's life in their university carrier, hence it is called as one of the important segment which a student come across. FYP contributes a large amount to the marking criteria, thus the work load is very high. Therefore we are suppose to submit a the proposal of FYP by the mid of 2nd year, which will cater in reducing the workload by about 2 months as the problem is identified and analysis is made. In addition the problem identified by students for their FYPs are classified as macro and micro.

In the 3rd year according to the subject area chosen by the students, a supervisor is allocated in order to monitor the progress of the particular FYPs, please note that the supervisor will be a lecturer who is interested in the field chosen by the student, therefore in the course of 9 months the student is able to visit the particular supervisor and obtain feedback or advice.

The FYP should abide by the following criteria;

1. Feasible: Able to complete in the given time period
2. Useful: will result in the usable model
3. Balanced: Combination of the feasible and useful with the qualitative and quantitative sources

According to the university regulations, the university is bounded to provide with financial aid needed by any student to carry out the research related to their FYP, for this valid reasoning should be made. For example a student whose engaged in doing research on farmers in rural area needs to travel out of Colombo, thus they need funds to do so. 

Structure of the project:

Abstract 

• Introduction 
• Body

• Introduction to problem statement, research question, aim and objectives
• Industry analysis and business analysis
• Academic research
• Requirement specifications, recommendation of solution
• Software analysis and design
• Conclusions
• List of references 
• Bibliography 
• Appendices 

It is essential to follow the above structure in order to build up a successful FYP, mainly following the criteria is important during gathering information and analyzing.