Types of Final Year Projects (FYP) that can be conducted by undergraduates students may be in the form of research, product development or the combination of both. The SDP courses are similar to the later that combines research and product development and may be delivered as follows:
During the final year, some program may require undergraduate student to participate in a Capstone Project, the culmination of the University Studies program. The Capstone Project is a community-based learning experience that has the following objectives:
a) To provide an opportunity for students to apply the expertise they have learned in their major to real issues and problems in the community
b) To enhances students' ability to work in a team context necessitating collaboration with students' from different fields of specialization.
c) To engage students' in a variety of research and development projects, including; investigating for themselves how a company works, what the problem really is, what are the range of solutions, how does this technology work and so on, and writing these up.
d) To encourage leadership and provide autonomy and ownership through rotation of team roles, decision making on various designs and justification of management choices based on their working environment.
Each student works with a team of students from different disciplines and being advised by a faculty member. The Capstone Project must result in some form of summation, closing project report, or final product that puts closure to the students' experience.
Another type of FYP delivery may be in the form of thesis/dissertation. The aims of thesis/dissertation are to:
a) Develop student's knowledge for solving technical problems through structured project research study
b) Provide the students with the opportunity to design undertake or conduct an independent research or study related to their degree course
c) Identify and describe the problem and scope of project clearly, collect, analyze and present data into meaningful information using relevant tools, select, plan and execute a proper methodology in problem solving, work independently and ethically, present the results in written and oral format effectively and identify basic entrepreneurship skills in project management.