Coursework

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Computer Applications: Digital literacies and the use of common digital tools
• Laboratory and measurement techniques
• Good practice in recording and reporting experimental procedure and results

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply mathematical methods to solve problems
• Manage your own learning
• Work effectively in a group
• Record, analyse and evaluate data effectively
• Use IT to support your learning
• Apply problem solving techniques to familiar and unfamiliar problems
• Communicate scientific information effectively

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate scientific information
• Discuss practical examples where the theoretical concepts developed in the other modules apply
• Computer Applications: Use a computer to solve engineering problems

The topics covered depend on the Foundation Year pathway in which you are enrolled. Full details of the requirements can be found in the document Required Coursework, available on the Foundation Year Blackboard site. Laboratory Exercises • For students not taking a language pathway, topics include Mechanical Science, Electricity and Electronics, and Engineering Principles. The following only applies to UoSM students only. Students may take a language pathway: • For students at Language Pathway A, topics include Mechanical Science and Engineering Principles. Additionally, students on this pathway complete an extended language project. • For students on Language Pathway B, topics include Mechanical Science and Electricity & Electronics. Additionally, students on this pathway complete an extended language project. • All students complete two formal laboratory reports based on their practical work. Computer Applications •All students undertake work on computer applications, covering digital literacies, online tools, and an introduction to programming. A full description of the computer applications coursework is provided in the annex to this module descriptor. Semester Breakdown Semester 1 • Introduction to digital tools, Higher Education, and digital literacy. • Introduction to programming in Python. Semester 2 • Team project: Developing an e-learning app.

Learning activities include • Practical sessions • Writing laboratory reports • Self-paced study • Extended writing exercises (language pathways only) Teaching methods include • Lectures, • Tutorials/Workshops • Laboratories • Self-paced courses • Programming exercises • Individual and Group project work.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.