Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Engineering

Learning Methods

Lecture

Off Site

Online

Practical

Module Offerings

4306MECH-SEP-CTY

Aims

This module introduces students to a range of professional and practical engineering skills.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Evaluate the societal role of the professional engineer.
2.
Conduct a case study investigating the causes and potential mitigation factors for a chosen high profile engineering disaster.
3.
Safely conduct machining, fabrication and assembly operations in an appropriate workshop environment.
4.
Communicate the technical specification of individual machined components and assemblies.
5.
Communicate the findings of experimental work to a wide audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Professional standards: identifying hazards and managing risk; cyber security; project management; initiating professional development.

Academic standards: finding and using information; written and oral communication skills; referencing; plagiarism and appropriate use of generative AI.

Technical skills: laboratory based experimental work; workshop based machining and assembly skills; computer-aided design and technical drawings.
Module Overview:
This 20 credit module is delivered across both semesters 1 and 2. Semester 1 will focus on developing professional and academic standards. Semester 2 will focus on practical skills, design and manufacturing. 

 
Additional Information:
This module assesses the following Engineering Council's AHEP learning outcomes:
  • C10/M10 - Adopt a holistic and proportionate approach to the mitigation of security risks.
  • C18/M18 - Plan and record self-learning and development as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.

This module places great emphasis on the importance of innovation as applied to design and manufacturing, aligned with UN SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

Assessments

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