Module XUE-2047:
Professional Practice 2
Professional Practice 2 2023-24
XUE-2047
2023-24
School of Computer Science & Engineering
Module - Semester 1 & 2
30 credits
Module Organiser:
Katie Roberts-Tyler
Overview
Lectures include:
- Project Management
- Innovation Techniques
- Organisational Management
- Change Theory
- Business Strategy
- Teams, Leadership and Conflict Management
- Marketing
- Sustainability Models and Toolkits
Assessment Strategy
-threshold -(D) See the learning outcomes.
-good -(B) A good overall grasp of all the learning outcomes and how they relate to one another.
-excellent -(A) A very good grasp of all the learning outcomes and the ability to reflect on their relationship to one another in an analytic way.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop knowledge and understanding in academic writing, including research methods, and academic conventions
- Develop knowledge and understanding of design thinking, design process, innovation and their roles in creating successful business models
- Develop knowledge and understanding of leadership, management, teams, including successful business strategies and marketing
- Develop knowledge and understanding of quality control and quality assurance systems employed industrially
- Develop knowledge and understanding of the three aspects of sustainability (People Profit Planet), including design related sustainability models and toolkits
- Present and evaluate personal contribution and self-evaluation
- Present and evaluate team management, focus and direction
- Present and reflect on team task design decisions
- Present and reflect on team task prototype testing
Assessment method
Individual Presentation
Assessment type
Summative
Description
Yr2 first assignment
Weighting
25%
Due date
22/01/2024
Assessment method
Other
Assessment type
Summative
Description
Yr2 second assignment Students have a choice between: a) A written assignment - 1500 words b) A presentation of evidence of 20 hours of designing/making/upskilling
Weighting
25%
Due date
15/04/2024
Assessment method
Group Presentation
Assessment type
Summative
Description
Team Task Viva Presentation 2
Weighting
50%
Due date
17/05/2024