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On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Design, engineer and evaluate a project which can demonstrate practical and intellectual skills meeting the expectations of Level 6 study;
Demonstrate research and critical thinking skills, including the ability to stress connections between a technological artefact and the social and cultural factors surrounding it;
Demonstrate core transferable skills expected at the professional level including effective time management, initiative, and the ability to build strategic relationships.
Negotiate learning outcomes pertinent to a certain work context through continuous engagement with academic supervisors and employer mentors.
This module is the capstone of the programme. Through this module students integrate their learning across past modules, including elected specialist modules. By undertaking an independent project of their choice students can demonstrate advanced skills and knowledge in a specific subject area, as well as the ability to define problem boundaries and investigate plausible solutions with reference to wider social and cultural contexts. Students will be expected to utilise the full range of academic skills acquired across the programme, from researching their subject area to communicating concepts and results in written and verbal form. Through regular engagement with an employer mentor they will demonstrate the ability to contextualise and apply this knowledge in the workplace; through engagement with tutors, peers and industry connections they will practise building strategic relationships which can help them progress toward their goals.
Examples of topics to be the focus of group seminars include:
- Creating and sustaining strategic relationships
- Time management strategies
- Research and academic skills
- Presentation skills
Teaching will consist of an initial briefing followed by regular individual supervisions and group seminars where project progress and topics linked to the learning outcomes will be discussed. Students are expected to choose an academic supervisor towards the end of Level 5 which is also when they select their optional modules.
Group seminars
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Cohort
Independent supervisions
Hours: 10
Guided independent study
Hours: 280
Further details relating to assessment
Artefact: The 'artefact' is the software or technical product the student has developed in response to the brief that was negotiated between themselves and an academic supervisor. The artefact should be sufficiently technical and complex to satisfy the Level 6 requirements.
Written report: This is a more substantial report demonstrating the student has acquired the depth of knowledge and academic rigour expected at Level 6. Their report should provide the wider context of the problem they are seeking to address (e.g. What is the wider social/political issue? Why is it important that businesses act to address it?) The report may follow a typical 'academic' structure. For example:
- Introduction (500 words)
- Literature review (750 words)
- Methodologies (750 words)
- Results (250 words)
- Discussion (500 words)
- Conclusion (250 words).
Oral exam: The oral exam presents an opportunity for the student to defend their project before their academic supervisor and a second marker. The examiners may ask questions about the project which were not addressed by the report, and the student can respond and highlight anything else they want bringing to the examiners' attention. The oral exam also represents an opportunity for the examiners to verify the work presented by the student is their own and to assess their comprehension of the material presented.
001 Artefact; 3000 word equiv; end semester 2 45%
002 Written report; 3000 words; end semester 2 45%
003 Oral exam; 20 mins; end semester 2 10%
Module Coordinator - Antesar Shabut
Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL