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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| MSci Industrial Placement | |||
| Reference | CM4300 | Version | 1 |
| Created | December 2018 | SCQF Level | SCQF 10 |
| Approved | April 2019 | SCQF Points | 90 |
| Amended | ECTS Points | 45 | |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To provide the student with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and understanding as well as the personal transferable skills acquired in the programme in the real work environment. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Demonstrate skills, attitudes, and behaviors appropriate to the workplace, including but not limited, to Technical Skills, Communication Skills, Planning and Organisational skills, and Personal and Professional Skills. |
| 2 | Recognise their own strengths and weaknesses as professional software developers |
| 3 | Apply the theories, models, concepts and principles acquired during the course to the workplace |
| 4 | Demonstrate evidence of, and reflect on new learning with regard to knowledge, skills and abilities required for effective practice in the computing industry |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| The content of the placement will vary. However each student will draw up an agreed learning contract with the host organisation and devise a programme which will enable the learning outcomes specified above to be achieved |
| Module Delivery |
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| The module takes the form of in workplace learning. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | 900 | N/A |
| TOTAL | 900 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body | 900 |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | To ensure the consistency of the placements each placement will be assessed through an appraisal document created by the Placement and Employee supervisors and two placement reports written by the student. At the end of each semester of the placement, the student will submit a written report to the University supervisor detailing the work they have performed whilst at the company that semester. All of these elements will form a portfolio of evidence that will be used to assess the students placement. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| The calculation of the overall grade for this module is based on 100% weighting of a single coursework. An overall minimum grade D is required to pass the module. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | The student needs to achieve an A in the coursework |
| B | The student needs to achieve a B in the coursework |
| C | The student needs to achieve a C in the coursework |
| D | The student needs to achieve a D in the coursework |
| E | The student needs to achieve an E in the coursework |
| F | The student needs to achieve an F in the coursework |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | The module must be taken in conjunction with CM4303 Evidencing Employability |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Placement Guidelines for Students. School of Computing and Digital Media. Internal document. |
| 2 | "BCS Code of Practice" online guide to good practice obtained from WWW.bcs.org./upload/pdf/cop.pdf. |
| 3 | FANTHOME, C., 2004. Work placements - a survival guide for students. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan |