ME50396: Research project scoping
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 100% |
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On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Plan and organise a technical or research project/dissertation to meet the requirements of the initial aims. 2. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively, where ethical technology is a common theme. 3. Select relevant literature and research methods as appropriate for the proposed research |
| Synopsis: | Undertake a review of relevant literature and background materials to compile a project plan in preparation for your dissertation.
You will be assigned an individual project in the form of a brief, and a supervisor who can provide further guidance as you develop a research proposal. |
| Content: | * Literature review * Creating hypothesis, setting out a methodology * Project planning, resource and risk management, ethics * Writing research proposal. |
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ME50396 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:Department of Mechanical Engineering
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