Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Engineering

Learning Methods

Seminar

Tutorial

Module Offerings

7000MSC-JAN_NS-CTY

7000MSC-SEP-CTY

Aims

The main aims of the project module are to demonstrate the student’s ability to lead and self manage their own deep/thorough investigation, undertake high quality academic research and demonstrate critical evaluation of their results.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Undertake a structured research programme into an appropriate engineering field consistent with the chosen pathway
2.
Formulate a research plan and manage the resulting activities
3.
Demonstrate the ability to critically analyse and reflect on the work of other practitioners/researchers
4.
Demonstrate a deep technical understanding of their project and associated field of engineering
5.
Produce and defend an academic thesis that demonstrates the standard of scholarly activity commensurate with a level 7 post-graduate qualification

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Projects may involve experiment, analysis, design and/or computation or investigation into a topic of  high level engineering management. The scholarly activity associated with the project should allow a student to demonstrate achievement of the module learning outcomes

The topic area will be determined by and be consistent with the chosen pathway (Applied or Operational)
Module Overview:
The main aims of the project module are to allow a student to demonstrate an ability to drive their own deep/thorough investigation, undertake high quality academic research and demonstrate critical evaluation of their results.

This module aims to develop the student's ability to independently undertake, investigate and critically evaluate high quality academic research. It:
  • enables development of a high level of subject knowledge and associated skills
  • helps to demonstrate an ability to drive, thorough investigation, a demonstration of critical skills
Additional Information:
This is a very important module that represents 600 hours of self-driven scholarly activity. When considering a project it would be appropriate to select/choose a project in a subject area strongly associated with the MSc programme and/or one of the taught modules. The topic area must be consistent with the chosen pathway. For most students, this really means using the project as a means to develop a particular subject specialism, one that is aligned with future career objectives. Completion of the project module allows the student to concentrate fully on an area of work and hence develop a high level of subject knowledge and associated skills in that field. Completion of the project requires the production of an academic thesis. The thesis is a level 7 piece of work and as such would be expected to demonstrate a high level of scholarly activity. The choice of subject and formulation of the aims and objectives are mutually agreed between student and supervisor. Industrially based projects are acceptable as long as they offer the appropriate technical level and resources are available so as to ensure completion. Projects undertaken within the University would be judged by the same requirements. The main criteria being that the project and associated thesis must demonstrate the student’s ability to drive their own deep/thorough investigation and demonstrate critical evaluation of the results and comparison with other published ideas/results/designs. These requirements have to be evidenced via the presentation of a well-constructed, well-presented and well-defended academic thesis and good performance in an associated oral examination. The best projects are often associated with supervisors that are undertaking scholarly activity/research or associated with some experimental work being undertaken by industrial collaborators.

This module incorporates content that relates to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals;

SDG4. Promotes student self-study. Encourages application of engineering principles to a topic related to career development and consequently promotes lifelong learning opportunities.

SDG7. Provides opportunities to research a marine or offshore engineering topic and consider the sustainability and conservation of modern energy sources.

SDG8. Through research, promotes consideration of sustainable economic growth, productive employment aligned with a student’s career ambitions.

SDG9. Provide opportunities to research the design, construction and maintenance of resilient marine and offshore infrastructure, based upon sustainable industrialization and innovation.

SDG11. Promotes safe, resilient and sustainable engineering solutions to marine or offshore structures including the human machine interface.

SDG12. Promotes research leading to sustainable consumption and production patterns in a marine and offshore engineering context.

SDG13. Applying solutions to marine and/or offshore engineering which takes account of actions and solutions to combat climate change and its impacts.

SDG14. Through research, identify solutions to conserve and protect use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

SDG16. Consider, through the project, sustainable development in line with international, national and industry requirements in order to build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Assessments

Dissertation

Presentation

Report