Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify areas for personal and career development and how these can be addressed.
- Understand the importance of health and safety in an engineering environment.
- Demonstrate effective understanding of time management and project management skills.
- Carry out engineering tasks to professional standards.
- Be aware of the new and developing technologies key to the future of your industry.
- Evidence continuous professional development by the use of a personal learning log.
- Understand the different roles within a team and have the ability to exercise leadership.
- Apply engineering techniques taking account of commercial and industrial constraints.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Undertaking and applying engineering knowledge to tasks and project work under supervision.
- Common organisational requirements, e.g. the ability to communicate effectively at the appropriate level, time management appreciation, the advantages and disadvantages of working in a team.
- The business practices of your host organisation.
- A deeper understanding of technical issues from work-related projects.
- The skills required to work within an organisational context.
- Current practice and new developments within the industry.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Evaluate the development of your skills, attributes and behaviours over the course of the Industrial Placement Year.
- Apply appropriate theories, concepts, methods etc. in unfamiliar situations.
- Evaluate information from projects.
- Review and synthesize professional and technical issues.
- Analyse and interpret the findings.
- Exercise professional judgement in a working context.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Study and learn independently, solve problems systematically.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Placement Hours | 1050 |
Completion of assessment task | 24 |
Wider reading or practice | 10 |
Total study time | 1084 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
There are no generic resources for this module.. However, the following may be useful background prior to the Industrial placement Year: Industrial Placement Year Handbook - see Blackboard Module "Engineering IPY Pre-placement Information" Placement Management System: https://placements.soton.ac.uk
Assessment
Assessment strategy
The assessment will consist of a reflective report (100% weighting). A mark of at least 40% must be achieved to pass the module. The module mark will not appear on the degree certificate or contribute to the degree grade/classification. No repeat year permitted. Students who do not pass after referral will transfer to the non-placement year version of the equivalent programme.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Report | 100% |
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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Report | 100% |