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ME30355: Group business & design project I (for IDE)

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 9      [equivalent to 18 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 180
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Action Plan for Â鶹´«Ã½ Project (Addictions Counselling) (CW 30%)
  • Action Plan for Â鶹´«Ã½ Project (Engineering) (CW 70%)
Supplementary Assessment:
ME30355A Reassessment coursework (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
This unit aims to:
* give each student the experience of a real engineering design situation as part of a group.
* locate the contribution of the engineer, whether in design, R&D, manufacture, in the context of securing the firms broad commercial goals by means of effective product and market related policies and practices.
* introduce the student to team working.
* introduce financial management procedures, marketing, ethics, risk assessment and business law.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit a student will be able to: Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the technical process that is engineering design. Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the business and entrepreneurial aspects of engineering. Worked in a multi-disciplinary disciplinary design team to develop the system design concept and technical feasibility study.

Skills:
Problem solving (F/A); numeracy (T/F/A); written communication (A); oral communication (F/A); working as part of a group (F/A); leadership (F/A).

Content:
Evaluation study. Business lectures and workshops on financial management procedures, marketing, ethics, risk assessment and business law. Case studies.
Programme availability:

ME30355 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • UEME-AFB48 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 3)
  • UEME-AKB48 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • UEME-AFM48 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 3)
  • UEME-AKM48 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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