IS1S463 - Professionalism and Employability 01 Jul 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: IS1S463
Module Title: Professionalism and Employability
Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
Faculty Group: Information and Electronics
Faculty Sub Group: informatics
Module Leader: Paul Jarvis
Module Team: Iain Shewring, Joseph Griffiths, Adam Jones
First Intended Intake: SEP 2016 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100367 - computing and information technology
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Jul 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

To introduce professional practice in computing, developing academic skills and knowledge relating to legal, social, ethical and professional aspects of computing.
To develop employability skills.
To develop the student's study skills particularly in the areas of self-reflection and evaluation
To develop a student's ability in selecting appropriate digital media resources for the inclusion in a Digital Story.
To develop teamwork and communication skills.

Content Summary

Use and integration of various digital software solutions in areas such as video, audio and text.
Assessment techniques to support future studies, such as developing evaluation criteria, self and peer assessment. Frameworks for the creation of evaluation criteria.
Development of digital stories.
Research and literature reviews.
Literature searching, academic report writing, referencing and presenting.
Legislation that impacts upon computing, such as intellectual property, copyright, patents, data protection,
computer misuse, environmental responsibility, workplace contexts and equality.
Social issues, such as the design, uses and consequences of computing that takes into account their
interaction with institutional and cultural contexts.
Personal and professional ethics, rights and responsibilities including workplace ethics, and codes of conduct
and practice.
Professionalism and employability, including professional societies, workplace relations, teamwork, career
progression and personal development planning.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 24
Tutorial 24
Independent Study 40
Directed Study 72
Groupwork 40
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 To be able to make informed judgments concerning the selection and use of appropriate material to describe a topic.
LO2 To describe the legal and ethical framework within which the computing industry operates, and to recognise the professional practice and knowledge required by a computing professional.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 Groupwork: Use materials to describe legal and ethical computing issues 0 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Portfolio 1

Reading List

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