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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| 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 skills to enable students to summarise and present technical and related issues to a range of audiences. Presentation skills (T/F). 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. |
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XX50214 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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