Quote Originally Posted by skimask View Post
I'd be willing to bet there would be some sort of instructor that SHOULD be knowledgable enough to help with the project, even if that help was only to point out links to reference material. If said instructor wasn't helpful enough to do even that, I'd wonder what sort of instructor would assign a project that would be an order of magnitude above his/her own skills.
Lecturer interaction with assessments is not usually the case with many institutes. Normally you are expected to study the course material given to you, do the prac exercises and research this missing pieces on your own accord. If this fails then you seek private tuition.