Module Details
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Title RESEARCH SKILLS AND PROJECT PLANNING
Code ENGG597
Coordinator Prof RJ Poole
Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Eng
Robpoole@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 7.5

Aims

This module aims to guide and support students as they work with their Project Supervisors to complete the first stage of their MSc Individual Research Project: the Proposal Report.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Critical Review of Scientific Literature

(LO2) Project Planning, Scheduling and Management

(LO3) Analuysis of Technical Risk

(LO4) Technical Writing Skills and Preparation of Formal Proposal Report

(LO5) Ability to keep a log book

(LO6) Ability to work effectively with an Academic Supervisor and within a laboratory setting

(S1) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics

(S2) Organisational skills

(S3) Communication skills

(S4) IT skills

Syllabus
 

Information discovery and retrieval.
Preparing a formal literature review.
Work programme planning and scheduling.
Analysis of resource implications.
Analysis of technical risk.
How to conduct oneself in the laboratory.
How to work in partnership with a Project Supervisor.
How to keep a project log book how to prepare and present a formal Proposal Report

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture / Advice Sessions / Meetings with Project Supervisor
Description: Mixed mode teaching
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours (time spent away from the timetabled sessions but directed by the teaching staff): 63

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           12

63

 75
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 0
TOTAL HOURS 75

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
The single assessed output of this module is the Project Proposal Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Ass  30-40 pages is a gui    100       

Recommended Texts
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