Take note that for MIT807 you will not submit any assignments or write an exam. Your deliverable is your mini-dissertation that will be submitted for examination. 

The mini-dissertation is examined by both your main supervisor and an external examiner (someone outside of UP).

I will arrange an optional discussion session for the beginning of the second semester where I will be available to address your questions or issues with regards to MIT807.

I will make an announcement about this session in June.

Take note that the process for ethical clearance has recently changed. You must still submit the form using the assignment slot as stated before for your records.

However, in addition to the form, you MUST also follow the process for MIT807 explained below.

As from 2019, all ethics clearance applications for your dissertation work must be submitted to the official EBIT committee for approval. Please, note that not every topic requires ethics clearance. For example, if you are working on public dataset designed for benchmarking approaches such as the UCI data repository, an application is not needed. I, therefore, direct you to EBIT's official procedure, for you and your supervisor to confirm whether you need to apply: https://www.up.ac.za/faculty-of-engineering-built-environment-it/article/15815/faculty-committee-for-research-ethics-integrity

Once you have ascertained the need to apply you must do so via the UP system. You will have a tab titled "Research Grants & Ethics" in your UP portal. By following that link you will find the location where you must submit your application. 

Things to keep in mind, in addition to the official forms/considerations:
1) Your supervisor must be fully involved.
2) If you are working with company data you must attach a signed letter from that company indicating that: 
A) you can use their data for the dissertation study, and who can see the raw data. For example, can only you, as an employee, see the raw data but not the supervisor. Additionally, it should be indicated what can be disclosed in publication(s).
B)confirmation from the company that, if the data is related to people,  they (the company) have the right to use the data for research work.

Take note that the ethical clearance document has to be submitted by 15 April at 9h00. All students MUST fill in the document and submit it on the course website. An assignment slot will be created.

If you are using the same topic for both your project and mini-dissertation, you must only submit one form. A slot will also be created on the MIT808 website. ONLY submit to the MIT807 website IF YOUR TOPIC FOR MIT807 is DIFFERENT than for MIT808. Otherwise submit on the MIT808 website.

You can find the document under the module content in the Ethical Clearance folder.