COMP Part I Laboratory Programme

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Plan and record self-learning and development as the foundation for lifelong learning
• Adopt an inclusive approach to engineering practice and recognise the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion
• Work effectively as part of a team, recognising the different roles within the team, and reflecting on both your own and the team's performance
• Search effectively for appropriate sources of information, and critically evaluate those sources.
• Keep an appropriate record of your work in a log book
• Effectively plan and monitor your time and work using recognised methods
• Appreciate how an engineer is expected to conduct work ethically and professionally and apply knowledge of relevant legal, environmental and societal matters
• Communicate your work effectively, both orally and via written reports
• Recognise the environmental, economic and societal impacts of computer systems.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use practical laboratory skills to investigate complex computer science problems
• Understand basic principles of designing solutions for engineering design problems
• Use software development environments and version control tools effectively

Personal development

• Independent learning
• Time management
• Logbooks and keeping records
• Project management
• Working in teams and groups
• Digital literacy and information skills
• Presentation and communication skills
• Career structures

Effective Communications

• Communication skills
• Giving effective oral presentations
• Finding information
• Technical writing

Professional Conduct and your Future Career

• What is a Professional Engineer?
• Your future employers: Do labs matter?
• Professional ethics (including codes of conduct and practice)
• Academic integrity
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Responsible innovation
• Being an entrepreneur

Introduction to legal issues

• Health and Safety legislation
• Environmental legislation
• Intellectual property (including copyright and patent)
• Computer misuse and data protection

Physical Lectures: traditional delivery in a lecture theatre, delivered to the entire cohort.

Online Lectures: most of the transferrable and professional material will be delivered in a flipped fashion, making use of pre-recorded resources from the ECS Professional Skills Hub, which are then discussed in tutorials and orientation sessions.

Laboratory Sessions: the majority of the activities in COMP1300 are supervised laboratories, in which teaching is delivered through specially constructed practical exercises, and through directed self-study in the preparation for those laboratories.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.