Form 20
Version 3.0 (2007/2008)
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor Template (RAY)
Course Title
MEng Industrial Group Project
School
EPS
Course
Co-ordinator
MEng Industrial Engineering Programme Director
SCQF
Level
11
Course
Code
B41TC
Semester
On or OffCampus
Credits
1
Off
15
1. Pre-requisites
Only available to students following an MEng Industrial Engineering programme.
2. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
3. Excluded Courses
B41TB Industrial Group Project B (Synoptic)
4. Replacement Course
Code:
Date Of Replacement:
6. Degrees for which this
is a core course
7. Aims
5.
Availability as an
Elective
Yes
No
X
MEng Industrial Engineering
The aim of this synoptic set of courses is to allow learners to experience a group project exercise which seeks to
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Integrate and develop their knowledge of engineering in the relevant discipline
Grasp the importance of sustainability, business awareness and safety
Ensure competence in the basic tasks required of a professional engineer.
Appreciation of commercial aspects of developing a viable project
Understand the implications of decision process based on limited knowledge.
8. Syllabus
Multidisciplinary project work involving the design, manufacture and testing and development of a product to meet a given brief. Assessment will be through interim and
final individual reports, interim and final presentations and a group portfolio of work carried through 4th and 5th year group project.
 Group project focusing on application of fundamental engineering principles for the relevant discipline
 Individual reporting on a technical aspect of the project.
 Utilisation of a range of solution methodologies (process simulation and mathematical modelling tools)
 Commercialisation Exercise
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Form 20
Version 3.0 (2007/2008)
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor Template (RAY)
Course Title
MEng Industrial Group Project
School
EPS
Course
Co-ordinator
MEng Industrial Engineering Programme Director
SCQF
Level
11
Course
Code
B41TC
Semester
1
On or OffCampus
Credits
Off
15
9. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
The multi-disciplinary nature of the group project courses will enable the student to demonstrate a fusion of the knowledge and abilities generated
in earlier and current taught courses on engineering and management.
 Develop professional competence and knowledge of practical constraints of engineering.
 Innovative use of science and engineering applied to open ended problems.
 Knowledge of the legal and commercial framework in engineering practice.
 Show an awareness of the need for a wider multidisciplinary engineering, natural and social science collaboration in engineering.
 Critically analyse essential technical aspects of engineering.
 Debate benefits of differing technical strategies.
Personal Abilities
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
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Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
Develop practical skills and active learning techniques through information/data gathering by literature surveys, personal communications,
laboratory based work, and development and/or use of computer software.
Demonstrate capacity for planning, managing, conducting and reporting of project based work activities.
Show capability in the participation of group work and meeting their responsibilities in achieving group targets.
Develop transferable skills such as problem solving, communication, time planning, working with others, effective use of general IT
facilities, and information retrieval.
Show competence in oral and written presentations and other forms of communication.
10. Assessment Methods
Method
11. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
(if applicable)
Dissertation
Tender Document and Presentation
Method
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
80%
20%
B81DD
12. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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