ME12006: Responsible engineering practice
[Page last updated: 11 July 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRA 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Reflective portfolio (CWRA 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
1. Manage your development, both individually and through collaboration in teams.
2. Identify issues which affect and inform responsible engineering practice (including legal, social, ethical and environmental aspects).
3. Demonstrate a foundational awareness of commercial and business aspects of engineering practice.
4. Build a reflective portfolio which showcases your learning and development.
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| Synopsis: | You'll explore the wider responsibilities of being an engineer and how to integrate these in practice. Youll consider complex ethical issues and evaluate the positive and negative impacts of engineering on the environment and society. This unit will also help you to develop personal attributes that will provide a strong foundation for lifelong learning and career development.
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| Content: | Responsible Engineering: legal, social, ethical, and environmental (Climate Action, Sustainable Development)
Business principles: financial principles and market economics, business strategy
Managing yourself: team working, independent working, time management, growth mindset, resilience, reflection
Communication skills: getting your point across in a variety of formats, including written, oral and visual presentations
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| Course availability: |
ME12006 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses 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.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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