Module Catalogue 2025/26

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

To offer the opportunity of investigating complex problem to students and to enhance the ability of students in applying their engineering and computing expertise to this.

Outline Of Syllabus

An individual project leading to the design and development of an original system or device and involving multi-disciplinary skills. The overall theme of the project will be provided by the academic supervisor who will assist in project monitoring. Assessment of the project, undertaken by the academic supervisor and a second academic examiner, is via demonstrations and a final report.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

The knowledge outcomes for the individual project will be multi-faceted, involving not only conceptual and procedural knowledge associated with the project in general, but also strategic knowledge. By the end of the project a student will have met the following AHEPv4 learning outcomes:

1.       Apply a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, statistics, science, and engineering principle to the
solution of complex problems [M1]
2.       Formulate and analyse complex problems to reach substantiated conclusions. [M2]
3.       Select and apply appropriate computational and analytical techniques to model complex problems [M3]
4.       Select and critically evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to solve complex
problems. [M4]

Intended Skill Outcomes

The mapping of certain AHEPv4 learning outcomes to each intended skill outcome is indicated in each point below. By the end of the project, it is expected that students will be able to:

1.       Interpret and describe technical information [M1, M4].
2.       Demonstrate organisational and planning skills and be able to communicate findings via a demonstration and a report tailored to a professional/organisational audience [M17].

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The project enables the student to adapt the factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge acquired from a wide range of modules undertaken to a specific problem, and it also enhances their strategic knowledge by undertaking a project for which they are wholly responsible.

Consequently, it will require the student to demonstrate a wide range of skills

Subject-specific skills - design skills plus an overall understanding of a wide range of subject matter related to the project

Core skills – the ability to plan and organise the work, together with exercising problem-solving skills. Numeracy and computer literacy skills will be demonstrated, along with their ability to create and submit a technical written report on the design

Cognitive skills – the ability the analyse the results and present them in a coherent manner.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The module is entirely in-course assessed.

The inception report / project plan assesses the initial understanding of the project area, and allows the student to demonstrate their planning skills (skill outcome 2 [M17]).

The in-person project demonstration / viva is an appropriate way to assess both the depth of theoretical knowledge and understanding of the project (knowledge outcomes 1-4 [M1, M2, M3, M4], and skill outcomes 1-2 [M1, M4, M17]. It also gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their presentation and transferable skills (skill outcomes 1-2 [M1, M4, M17]).

The technical report is an appropriate way to assess the students’ depth of theoretical knowledge, research awareness, and problem-solving skills. The report also assesses data and information acquisition and evaluation skills (knowledge outcomes 1-4 [M1, M2, M3, M4], and skill outcomes 1-2 [M1, M4, M17]).

General Notes

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