MSc Individual Project (864H1)
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MSc Individual Project
Module 864H1
Module details for 2024/25.
60 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
The Masters Individual Project is designed to expose you to a real-life engineering problem to which you apply the skills and knowledge acquired in the area of your degree course. The work must be completed within budget, using available resources, by a specified deadline, and presented to an audience not necessarily directly familiar with the work you have done. The project is designed encourage creative thinking and expose you to issues of project management, resourcing, planning, scheduling, documentation and communication. It will demand individual responsibility, critical awareness, including awareness of relevant regulatory requirements governing engineering activities. You will be expected to exercise initiative and personal responsibility while working at the project.
The project will involve you as an individual working on a particular area of activity relevant to your degree, with the goal of meeting a specific set of objectives. Your project will be supervised by a single member of faculty, who takes on the role of technical director. A second (minor) supervisor is also assigned to provide occasional guidance. The specific objectives will depend on the nature of the project. It is however typical for a project to involve you in developing competency in project management, specification, development of concepts, detailed design, hardware and/or software implementation, testing, analysis, evaluation and communication.
AHEP4 Learning Outcomes
M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M17
Module learning outcomes
Exercise initiative and personal responsibility in planning, conducting and reporting on a substantial engineering project
Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge from various sources to form a view of a real and current engineering problem and as a basis for developing a solution to the problem
Undertake the planning of a substantial project, identifying resources required, estimating effort and forming contingency plans for unexpected outcomes and problems arising.
Apply engineering principles to address the chosen problem and demonstrate the ability to make sound judgments in complex situations and in the absence of complete data
Select and deploy appropriate analytical and practical techniques applicable to advanced scholarship in the area of the degree course
Apply a holistic approach to the project brief by exercising professional judgments in terms of cost, market, environment, sustainability, safety and ethics
Deliver an oral presentation in order to communicate the technical information and findings of the project clearly to a combined specialist and non-specialist audience
Document the implementation and findings of the project in a substantial technical report
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation | Summer Vacation Week 13 Fri 09:00 | 20.00% |
| Dissertation (12000 words) | Summer Vacation Week 13 Thu 16:00 | 70.00% |
| Coursework | 10.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Report | T2 Week 11 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Project | 8 hours | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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