NG1S218 - Professional Engineering Techniques 01 Apr 2025 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 3

Associated Module Information

Module Code: NG1S218
Module Title: Professional Engineering Techniques
Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
Faculty Group: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Sub Group: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Module Leader: Olusanjo Fadiya
Module Team: Matthew Jones, Ewen Constant, Howard Jones, James Neal, Liam Richards, Matthew Wilmington, Nathan Thomas, Paul Curnick, Alun Williams, Carl Elliott, Alexis Dabee-Saltmarsh, Richard Cooper, Gareth Sheppard, Eurfyl Davies, Mark Pope, Michael Williams, Mark Pope, Seyedali Azimifar, David Dawkins
First Intended Intake: SEP 2016 Final Year of Intake: 2026
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100190 - mechanical engineering
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 3
Valid From 01 Apr 2025
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

To equip students with key skills that will provide a basis for future personal and professional development.

Content Summary

Analysis of current skills and an action plan for ongoing/future development.

Presentation and communication skills

Basic research methods and the collection and presentation of primary and secondary data.

Academic and technical report writing, to include referencing, appropriate presentation of numerical and other

data

Introduction to personal and Industrial Health and Safety issues

Introduction to professional bodies including personal professional qualifications and grades of membership

Introduction to the use of relevant software for the analysis and presentation of data.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 24
Tutorial 24
Independent Study 67
Directed Study 85
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Understand the skills and practices required by professional engineers.
LO2 To be able to identify, produce and present information using a range of methods

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Oral Assessment (CW) Presentation (CW) 1 Presentation 15 N/A 40 No 40
Written Assignment (CW) Practical Written Work 1 Report associated to relevant software 0 2400 60 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Presentation (CW) 1
Practical Written Work 1

Reading List

Cottrell, S. (2013) The study skills handbook. Fourth edition. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.

The students will be directed to relevant literature for the selected IT software

Davis, M., (1998) Thinking like an engineer: studies in the ethics of a profession. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press