Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Present and explain technical work both verbally and in written form
- Assess performance of team members and provide constructive criticism
- Reflect on performance in a group context and identify strengths and weaknesses
- Identify new information and skills required, and search for sources of information as needed
- Manage delivery of personal objectives within a group
- Map given requirements to a set of milestones and objectives
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Implement and integrate a system combining aspects of software, learning, and hardware
- Create a test/verification system for a multi-component system
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify and use third party code and components, including licensing and legal obligations
Syllabus
- Project planning
- System decomposition
- API development and definition
- Project management methods and tools
- Identify sources for new information and skills
- Testing of components and systems
- Presentation skills
- Writing a report as a group
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
This module is mainly student led, with guidance from an academic supervisor.
Lecture modules will support the work, but the majority of the work is organised by the students as they plan, design, implement, and deliver the solution.
Type | Hours |
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Completion of assessment task | 100 |
Independent Study | 50 |
Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Group report | 10% |
Group report and presentation | 10% |
Self-assessment | 5% |
Peer review | 5% |
Group report and presentation | 50% |
Individual report | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |