Department of Computer Science, FUPRE, B.

Sc Project Guidelines

Department of Computer Science

Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun,
Delta State

B.Sc PROJECT GUIDELINES

APRIL 2021

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1. Preamble

The introductory part of project reports should be presented in the following order and
numbering format (except the cover page which should not be numbered explicitly):

i. Cover page
ii. Title page
iii. Declaration
iv. Certification
v. Dedication
vi. Acknowledgements
vii. Abstract
viii. Table of contents
ix. List of Figures
x. List of Tables

i. Cover page
The title cover shall indicate the title of the project, name of the student,
Registration Number, department, institution, and month/year of the presentation. All
shall be in upper case format. The university logo shall be centrally located on this
page. See appendix 1

ii. Title Page

Title page shall consist of the information on the cover page including the degree in view.
See appendix 2

iii. Declaration
Every completed work must carry a declaration page which must be signed by
both the student and the supervisor. This shall contain a statement that the title of the
project was done by the student. The Name of the student and the supervisor should
appear below the statement including columns for signature and date. See appendix 3

iv. Certification
This shall contain a statement that the work was examined and found to have
met the partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of a B.Sc degree. The
project title and the student matriculation number should be clearly stated in the

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certification statement. It should be signed by the project supervisor, the Head of

Department, and external examiner with dates. See appendix 4

v. Dedication
This shall specify the name of the person or institution to which the work is dedicated

vi. Acknowledgements
This shall contain appreciation of any assistance the student received in the
course of the project or his entire programme. This must be brief and should not
exceed one page

vii. Abstract
This shall include a brief summary of the purpose of the study, the procedure
followed, findings, and conclusion. This should not be more than half a page and
should not contain citations. This should be written in past tense

viii. Table of Contents

This shall include chapter titles (in upper case), subtitles (in lower case) with
page numbers.

ix. List of Figures

This shall contain the list of all the Figures cited in the thesis, indicating their
titles and the pages cited
x. List of Tables.
This shall contain the list of all the Tables cited in the thesis, indicating their
titles and the pages cited

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2. The Main Body of the Project

Chapter One: Introduction

This chapter shall be structured as follows:
1.1 Background of Study
1.2 Statement of Problem
1.3 Aim/Objectives of the Study
1.4 Research Questions / Hypothesis (Optional)
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Scope of Study
1.7 Definition of terms

Chapter Two: Literature Review

The literature review should focus on issues that are more specifically related
to the project. The strengths and weaknesses of the cited work/methodology should be
reported. Avoid presentation of tables of other works.

Chapter Three: System Analysis & Design [Methodology]

This chapter shall include the analysis of existing systems with emphasis on the
strengths and weaknesses/gaps in the system. It should also include method of data
collection, method of data analysis, sampling method (if questionnaire is used) and
proposed solution to the current existing system/framework.
The general architecture of the proposed solution should be provided. Use of
UML elements, such as class diagrams, interaction diagrams, structured classes,
components, subsystems, and deployment models etc, is highly recommended as your
design tools. The dataset/database structure should be properly designed.

Chapter Four: Implementation

The implementation shall be based on the design. This shall include a brief
discussion of the tools used for the software/hardware implementation. It should also
include a brief discussion of the components of the implemented software/hardware
with their screenshots and the Propose Conversion Mode to deploy the proposed
solution unto the current existing Framework / System [i.e. using either of Phased,
Pilot, Parallel etc] and Justify the reason for Choice

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Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion & Recommendation

There shall be three subtitles in this chapter such as summary, conclusion, and
recommendation. The summary section shall contain a brief summary of the entire
work including the findings while the conclusion shall include the highlights of the
findings stating whether or not the objectives of the study have been achieved. The
recommendation shall present concrete proposal and suggestions for future research.

3. Other Relevant Issues

3.1. Citation in the Text: This shall be made by specifying the author’s name
followed by the year of publication in parenthesis e..g. Orhionkpaiyo (2021).

3.2 References:
The APA style of referencing shall be adopted in the citations of authors in the
text and listing of references at the end of the project. The listing of references shall be
in alphabetical order. ACM/IEEE referencing style is also acceptable provided a
consistency of referencing style is maintained.

3.3 Font Type and Size:

The Times New Roman shall be adopted as font type while point 12/13” shall
be adopted as the font size.

3.4. Project Seminar Presentation

Every student will be required to present a seminar on his/her project topic at
the end of first semester examination. The seminar shall be based on chapters 1 – 3 of
the student’s project work. Students will be appropriately scored and this will form
part of the final grade. This emphasizes the need for students to start their project
work early enough to meet with the timeline.

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3.5 Oral Presentation

Students shall submit one soft-bound copy of the completed projects to their
supervisor at least a week to the date of the oral presentation. This will allow the
supervisor to score their written work before the day of oral presentation. Any student
that defaulted will not be attended to on the day of oral presentation since the score
will not be available to form part of the overall score. Students shall submit at least
two soft-bound copies of their completed work on the day of oral presentation.

3.6. Final Project Submission: Four hard bound copies of the approved project will
be submitted through their supervisors after necessary corrections as recommended
during the oral presentation. The copies must be signed by the supervisor before
submitting to the project coordinator.

3.7. Evaluation: The following distribution of marks shall apply in evaluation of

each student work:
(i) Supervisor – 40mks
(ii) Project Seminar presentation – 20mks
(iii). Oral presentation – 40mks

3.8 Grading Standards: For the purpose of uniformity, grading of the projects shall
be distributed as follows:
A: Grading by Supervisor (40mks)
i. Presentation of work (i.e.tidiness, numbering, format, adherence to
format) – 5mks
ii. Abstract – 5mks
iii. Content – 10mks
iv. Readability – 5mks
v. Visitation to supervisor – 5mks
vi. Illustration – 3mks
vii. Referencing – 5mks
viii. Conclusion – 2mks

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B: Project Seminar (20mks)

i. Dress code – 2mks
ii. Presentation (e.g. use of slides) – 8mks
iii. Response to questions/mastery of subject – 5mks
iV. Timing – 3mks
v. Comportment – 2mks

C. Oral Presentation (40mks)

i. Dress code – 5mks
ii. Presentation (e.g. use of slides, ) – 10mks
iii. Response to questions/ Mastery of Subject – 12mks
iv. Comportment – 5mks
v. Timing – 5mks
vi. Content/scope – 3mks

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Appendix 1: Cover page

TITLE OF PROJECT HERE

BY

NAME OF STUDENT HERE

[MATRIC. NO: XXXXXXX]

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE,

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,
EFFURUN, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

MONTH, YEAR

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Appendix 2: Title page

TITLE OF PROJECT HERE

BY

NAME OF STUDENT HERE

[MATRIC. NO: XXXXXXX]

A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

COMPUTER SCIENCE, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, FEDERAL
UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, EFFURUN,
DELTA STATE

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.) DEGREE IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE

MONTH, YEAR
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Appendix 3: Declaration page

DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this work titled, “Title of project here” was carried out by Name of
student here (Matric number here), under the supervision of name of supervisor here, in
partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of B.Sc. Computer Science from the
Department of Computer science, Federal university of Petroleum Resources, Effurun.

……………………………………………. …………………………
Name of Student here Date
(Student)

……………………………………………. …………………………
Name of Supervisor here Date
(Supervisor)

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Appendix 4: Certification page

CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this work titled, “Title of project here” was carried out by Name of
student here (Matric number here), and has been approved by the undersigned having met the
partial requirement for the award of a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Computer
Science from the Department of Computer Science, Federal university of Petroleum
Resources, Effurun.

……………………………………………. …………………………
Name of Supervisor here Date
(Supervisor)

……………………………………………. …………………………
Name of Head of department here Date
(Head of Department)

……………………………………………. …………………………
(External Examiner) Date

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