| Unit name | Research and Communications 5 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MENGM0012 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Mr. Jon Sims Williams |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Research & Communication 5 requires students to study two sets of topics one taken from a list of key understandings for engineers and one taken from a list of questions related to the wider social, economic or legal context within which Engineering activities take place. Students make presentations and write reports on these topics. This unit builds on the work done in Research & Communications 4.
Students will learn the skills of researching topics and of making significant oral and written presentations. The student group have very different skill sets and they teach each other about important parts of their own specialist competencies. This consolidates their understanding of Engineering Fundamentals.
Students learn by doing. They give presentations and learn what can go wrong and how to be more effective. They take tests on fundamentals and Specialist Overviews and learn what they do not understand.
There is a lot of feedback from other students on their presentations as well as from staff.
2 presentations(EIS:25%,SPR:13%), 2 tests on the set of other students’ presentations(EIST:20%,SPRT:12%), 1 10-page paper on the subject of your major presentation(25%). 5% is given for marking and handing in handing in SPR work.
One or both of the tests will be during the January Exam period.
Changes each year and for each student.
