Module overview
The individual project gives students the opportunity to gain both detailed knowledge and practical experience in a more focussed area than generally possible elsewhere in their degree programme.
Most projects are in the nature of a challenging engineering exercise in which there is scope for flair and originality. Typically, the result of the project will be some demonstrable software and/or hardwaretogether with the supporting final report.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The subject area of your project in depth
- The broader subject area of your project, including previous work and alternative approaches
- The limitations of your project, and how they might be addressed in future work
- The relationship between your project and your degree specialism (for students on specialist variant programmes only)
- The legal, social, ethical, professional and commercial issues that are involved in your project
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Study independently in order to gain specialist knowledge in the area chosen for your project
- Identify a topic for your project that is relevant to your degree specialism, with guidance (for students on specialist variant programmes only)
- Solve problems encountered during the course of your project
- Identify a suitably challenging topic for your project, with guidance
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Analyse a problem and design a solution to that problem
- Implement your design
- Test your solution and evaluate its effectiveness
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Work independently to manage a project to completion, by carrying out reading and other research, design, planning, implementation and testing
- Present and explain technical work, both verbally and in written form
- Apply appropriate professional, ethical and legal practices to your work
Syllabus
The topics covered on a student's project will depend on their programme of study and choice of
project.
Learning and Teaching
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 12 |
| Wider reading or practice | 52 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 12 |
| Follow-up work | 12 |
| Completion of assessment task | 350 |
| Project supervision | 12 |
| Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Web pages with further information and support.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal