CS2S567 - Professional Practice and Employability, Team Based Software Development Workshop 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 3
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | CS2S567 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Professional Practice and Employability, Team Based Software Development Workshop | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science | ||
| Faculty Group: | Computing and Mathematical Sciences | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Computer Science | ||
| Module Leader: | Jennifer Whewell | ||
| Module Team: | Christopher Tubb, Alun King, Andrew Ware | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2016 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 25 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 101020 - computer games programming | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 3 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2022 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
Provide Relevant Work Experience (RWE) through a simulated employment in a role played company live team project with role played customers.
Use the Agile Teamwork approach on live projects naturally exposes students to Professional Ethics, Security, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Professional Communication.
Content Summary
Legal issues (consequence of project requirement definitions on client contracts, use of copyrighted material /plagiarism, IP, open software, software piracy, accessibility).
Social issues (implications of computing in a networked world, privacy, globalisation, and teamwork).
Ethical issues (fair sharing of workload in team, mutual support, whistle blowing)
Professional issues (work contract, forms of professional credentialing inside a team and within teams, time to market and cost considerations versus quality professional standards, professional communications, technical documents, presentations, shared documents, use of collaboration tools).
Professional Practice and employability issues (working in small and large teams, project management, customer relations, identifying knowledge gaps and self-motivated research for filling of these).
Commercial and economic issues.
Problem definition, specification, design, development, deployment and testing of software.
25% of this content is available in Welsh and English. Students may undertake this portion of the module in either language.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 |
| Seminar | 20 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 24 |
| Work based learning | 72 |
| Independent Study | 32 |
| Directed Study | 48 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Ability to reflect on the nature of professional practice, not only in order to identify the gaps between current capabilities and expectations but also to reflect upon the way the work experiences contributed to professional abilities and to use this insight to inform future personal/professional development. |
| LO2 | Ability to recognise the legal, social, ethical and professional issues involved in the exploitation of computer technology guided by the adoption of appropriate professional, ethical and legal practices. |
| LO3 | Knowledge and understanding of project management, source control, specification, design, implementation, deployment and evaluation techniques for delivering a computer program that meets contextual goals, as well as commercial and economic issues, and working within a team. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Portfolio 1 | A submission of specified material prepared by the student during a course or programme. The number of tasks must be specified at validation and one overall mark awarded. | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | |
| Portfolio 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |