Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
5306CIT-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.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Experimental Practice
• Complete a set of laboratory experiments
• Observation, measurement and recording of experimental results
• Data handling
• Presenting and reporting of results
2. Professional Development
• World of Work: Silver Award
• Health & Safety
• Ethics
• Institutional Code of Conduct
3. Research Methods
• Research & Library Skills
• Report Writing
• Critical Thinking
4. Engineering Management
• Project Planning
• Project Management
Additional Information:The professional development portion of the module is assessed on a pass/fail
basis. Students must complete the assessment exercises to a satisfactory standard in order to achieve a pass grade in this module.
Reports are 2000 maximum word count.
Assessments
Practice