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EE50151: Residential school 1

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 0
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Modular (no specific semester)
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: RS 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Residential school 1 (RS 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To provide students with an opportunity to advance their practical knowledge by participating in lectures, field visits and laboratory exercises.
To provide opportunities for students to participate in group activities and develop higher level skills relevant to industry managers.
To provide opportunities for students to meet staff who teach and support the programme and for 'face to face' discussions.
To provide networking opportunities.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to apply the academic content of the programme in a real world context.
Students will have practical experience of working in laboratories.

Skills:
Hands on technical skills from the laboratory exercises. Acquisition of practical knowledge by participating in the unit activities.

Content:
There are three residential schools, each running over 5 days and hosted at the University of Bath campus. With the exception of laboratory exercises and group feedback which are conducted separately for Residentials 1/2/3 respectively, other activities are combined for all students. Content includes lectures by prominent speakers from the power industry, field visits, laboratory activities, a librarian-led tutorial on research tools and methods, dissertation presentations by the final year students and group feedback at the last session of the final day.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

EE50151 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.