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XX50214: Professional skills for engineering practice

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2015/6
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Engineering Ethics - Essay (CW 20%)
  • Critical Analysis Assignment (CW 20%)
  • Structured Reflection Blog (CW 20%)
  • Engineering Ethics Presentation (CW 20%)
  • Workload Planning Assignment (CW 20%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Coursework reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to develop the communication, planning and critical evaluation skills needed to perform at a postgraduate professional level.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit, a student will be able to:
* Communicate their work to technical and non-technical audiences
* Critically evaluate solutions to complex engineering problems
* Plan, monitor, adjust and document self-learning to improve performance (e.g. continuing professional development; CPD)
* Plan, monitor, adjust and document a programme of work on an on-going basis
* Engage in structured reflection on own performance and skills development
* Exercise initiative and personal responsibility
* Discuss examples of ethical dilemmas in engineering practice, and the role of professional codes of practice

Skills:
Intellectual skills (T/F/A):
* Construction of logical arguments and critical evaluation in an engineering context.
* Ensuring that arguments are credible and appropriately acknowledge the work of others.
Professional skills (T/F/A):
* Group working skills
Practical skills (T/F/A):
* Time management and workload organisation.
Key skills (T/F/A):
* Development of written and presentation skills to enable students to summarise and present technical and related issues to a range of audiences.

Content:

* Written Communication in engineering
* Oral Communication in engineering
* Time Management and workload planning
* Techniques of critical analysis for the engineering literature
* Effective Group Work
* Structured Reflection
* Engineering Ethics and Professional Codes of Practice.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

XX50214 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
  • TEAR-AFM19 : MSc Civil Engineering: Innovative Structural Materials
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2015/16 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2016/17 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2015/16.
* 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.