Module Details

Module Code: STUD C4601
Module Title: Professional Studies
Title: Professional Studies
Module Level:: 8
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Cathal Nolan
Module Author:: Marcus Lehnen
Domains:  
Module Description: To provide students with the knowledge and skills to manage engineering projects and deal with ethical constraints in professional environments.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Apply project management skills to engineering projects.
LO2 Evaluate the business requirements for start-up companies.
LO3 Assess ethical constraints in professional environments and the ethical implications of decisions made by engineers.
LO4 Evaluate the attributes of Enterprise Information Systems.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
1. Project Management
Project management skills. Financial & scheduling tools. Organisational planning tools. Risk management: evaluating risks and control measures.
2. Entrepreneurship
Company & contract law. Business funding & finance. Start-up companies. Business plans.
3. Ethics
Safety, health and welfare of co-workers, clients, the public. Sustainable development & awareness of environmental issues. Intellectual property rights. Ethical constraints, ethical decision-making, ethical implications of engineering decisions.
4. Enterprise Information Systems
Management functions & organisational structure. Enterprise Resource Planning. Engineering Change Order.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Students will complete a project, e.g. a business plan for a start-up company.
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 20
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Students will sit a class test. Alternatively they will evaluate a case study.
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
A final written assignment will examine all learning outcomes.
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Lecture Every Week 2.00 2
Estimated Learner Hours Non Contact Estimate Learner Hours Every Week 2.00 2
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Richard Jones. Project Management Survival, Kogan Page Publishers, p.242, [ISBN: 9780749450106].
  • MikeW.Martin. Ethics in Engineering, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Science Engineering, [ISBN: 0071112936].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
This module does not have any other resources
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