ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 1 WITH INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT - 2025/6

Module Overview

Expected prior/parallel learning:  The coursework in this module is closely linked with the students activities in their 90-credit Extended Project, as appropriate. All the coursework, as far as is practicable, should relate to and complement the project work, by conducting auxiliary studies on issues of wider context.

Module purpose:  The module introduces the students to a range of aspects of engineering professional practice whilst undergoing an industrial placement which should enable them to see modern electronic engineering in a wider context, encompassing e.g. health and safety, project formulation and planning, contract bidding. It is designed to be closely coupled with the tasks and activities associated with the 90-Credit Extended Project. In particular, the module course work complements and supports the project in terms of professional skills for successful project management. The module is complementary to module EEM055 (Engineering Professional Studies 2) offered in Semester 2.

Module provider

Computer Science and Electronic Eng

Module Leader

WANG Ning (CS & EE)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 1

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None.

Module content

1. Indicative content includes the following professional skills:

2. Project proposal and high level task organisation

3. Project planning with detailed level task organisation

4. Patent searching and identifying intellectual property rights

4. Setting the test specifications for the validation and conformance of a final product

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

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The assessment strategy for this module is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the following:

• Ability to conduct state of the art technology and research review


• Ability to plan a technical project and to write project proposals


• Effective project planning


• Knowledge of performance characterisation issues and ability to define system testing specification

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of assignments on the following topics.

1. Patent search.


2. Project proposal.


3. Project planning and monitoring.


4. Test specification.

Deadlines for these assignments are at the end of the semester to avoid disruptions from work undertaken on placement and maximise time available. Please refer to module notes for deadlines.

Formative assessment and feedback

For the module, students will receive formative assessment/feedback in the following ways.

• During lectures, by question and answer sessions


• During meetings with his/her project supervisor/industrial placement supervisor


• Via the marking of written reports


• Via assessed coursework

Module aims

• The aim of this module is to provide students with an opportunity to explore the process associated with the planning of a R&D project within an industrial setting.
• The module also aims to provide opportunities for students to learn about the Surrey Pillars listed below.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to achieve the specified learning outcomes by teaching the course syllabus in lectures, and by guided learning using on-line resources. The independent study will be supported by setting the coursework in the context of the 90-credit project. The assimilation of knowledge, and transferable professional skills will be acquired through course work involving four assessed items. 

Learning and teaching methods include the following.

• Introductory lecture to explain the purpose of the module


• On-line teaching


• Independent study

The student is expected to attend all the course lectures and tutorials before the start of their project. The coursework will be marked against a generic marking scheme defined for each assignment.

 

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: EEEM054

Other information

The Surrey Pillars relevant to this module are 

Employability: The students will have an opportunity to learn about the state-of-the-art review of technology and research, R&D project proposal writing and project bidding, risk assessment, project reporting, Comprehensive testing and evaluation, and Health and safety which will aid the employability as will the experience of an industrial placement. 

Global and Cultural Intelligence: The module will expose students to research into future technologies and needs of a diversity of users.

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2025/6 academic year.