Module Descriptors
RESEARCH DISSERTATION - DL
MECH50546
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Philip Edwards
Email: P.J.Edwards@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 5
Independent Study Hours: 295
Total Learning Hours: 300
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1 to UG Semester 2
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1
- Occurrence C, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 3 to UG Semester 1
- Occurrence C, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 3
- Occurrence P, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 2 to UG Semester 1
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Coursework - Project report (4500 words or equivalent) weighted at 70%
- Practical - Project presentation and interview (30 minutes) weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Resources
As appropriate to project
Module Learning Strategies
Students will carry out a project identified through their negotiated learning agreement which is supported by their employer. They will receive support from both an academic supervisor and a work based mentor to complete the project.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A COURSEWORK length 6000 WORDS weighted at 100%.
100% coursework assessing all Learning Outcomes
Project report (4500 words or equivalent) 70%.
Project presentation and interview (30 minutes) 30%.
100% coursework assessing all Learning Outcomes
Project report (4500 words or equivalent) 70%.
Project presentation and interview (30 minutes) 30%.
MODULE SPECIAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Must first have successfully completed MECH50545 Research Methods Module.
MODULE TEXTS
Introduction to Project Management, (2008) Kathy Schwalbe pb Boston, Mass. : Course Technology CENGAGE Learning ISBN 1423902203
A Practical Guide to Research Methods 3rd Edn (2007) Catherine Dawson How-to Books ISBN-10: 1845282302
Specialist Texts as directed by supervisor/mentor
A Practical Guide to Research Methods 3rd Edn (2007) Catherine Dawson How-to Books ISBN-10: 1845282302
Specialist Texts as directed by supervisor/mentor
MODULE INDICATIVE CONTENT
The module gives the students the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and concepts, at a level appropriate to level I of their programme of study, in the context of a real technology scenario. The project will be branch based, being delivered from the student's place training. Projects should:
- Have appropriate technology content.
- Involve elements of work which are not part of the student’s normal duties.
- Involve project management, evaluation and communication.
- Have been proposed and specified as an outcome of MECH50545 Research Methods
Subject to these requirements, projects will be of a great variety, but will typically include at least one of the following:
- Implementation or plan for implementation of a technology system, involving hardware and/or software.
- New and/or modified usage of existing equipment or system.
- Review and evaluation/report of specified technology practice or system.
- Commissioning a piece process and writing a manual and/or instructing others.
- Have appropriate technology content.
- Involve elements of work which are not part of the student’s normal duties.
- Involve project management, evaluation and communication.
- Have been proposed and specified as an outcome of MECH50545 Research Methods
Subject to these requirements, projects will be of a great variety, but will typically include at least one of the following:
- Implementation or plan for implementation of a technology system, involving hardware and/or software.
- New and/or modified usage of existing equipment or system.
- Review and evaluation/report of specified technology practice or system.
- Commissioning a piece process and writing a manual and/or instructing others.
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROJECT PROPOSAL AND PLAN. Application, Knowledge & Understanding
2) EXPLAIN ORALLY, AND IN WRITING, THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OF A PROJECT AND THE IMPACT OF PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS. Analysis, Communication, Reflection
3) CONSIDER A RANGE OF ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES AND SELECT AN APPROPRIATE ONE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Application, Enquiry, Learning, Problem Solving
2) EXPLAIN ORALLY, AND IN WRITING, THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OF A PROJECT AND THE IMPACT OF PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS. Analysis, Communication, Reflection
3) CONSIDER A RANGE OF ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES AND SELECT AN APPROPRIATE ONE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Application, Enquiry, Learning, Problem Solving