Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5506USST-JAN-PAR
Aims
To enable students to develop the skills required to practice as a professional engineer. This module provides a broad range of experiences with an emphasis upon the systematic thinking, planning and execution required of engineers in a modern professional environment. The students will be required to design build and test an electronic product to a given specification. The product will incorporate elements covered elsewhere on the course, including analogue electronics and a programmable device such as a microcontroller or FPGA.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Design, build and test an electronic product to a given specification.
2.
Demonstrate commitment to conduct engineering activities in a professional manner.
3.
Critically appraise and research a topic, find relevant literature and produce a critical review.
4.
Appraise and apply the principles of effective project management to the allocation of tasks and resources.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The list below provides an indicative list of topics which may be covered in this module:
Experimental Practice
• Complete a set of laboratory experiments
• Observation, measurement and recording of experimental results
• Data handling
• Presenting and reporting of results
Professional Development
• Careersmart programme
• Health & Safety
• Ethics
• Institutional Code of Conduct
Research Methods
• Research & Library Skills
• Report Writing
• Critical Thinking
Engineering Management
• Project Planning
• Project Management
Additional Information:Students must complete the assessment exercises to a satisfactory standard in order to achieve a pass grade in this module.