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

Reading List

Essential Reading

Cottrell, S. (2021) Skills for success: Personal Development and Employability.
London: Red Globe Press

Calder, A; Watkins, S (2020) IT governance: an international guide to data security and ISO 27001/ISO 27002. Croydon; CPI Group UK

Peck, J; Coyle, M (2012) Write it right: the secrets of effective writing. London: Red Globe Press

Cottrell, S (2017) Critical Thinking Skills. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Recommended reading

Cottrell, S. (2019) The study skills handbook. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bowden, J (2011) Writing a report: how to prepare, write and present really effective reports. Oxford: How to books.