Successful completion of second year of a School of Computing course or equivalent

Students will undertake a minimum of 180 hours on an applied development project or be placed for a minimum of 180 hours within an appropriate organisation, where they will have the opportunity to apply their computing skills in order to reinforce the organisation’s existing practices. For students working with a supervisor within the University, they will develop a professional portfolio piece – such as a web app, mobile app or database. Within a company, emphasis will be placed upon the innovative development of appropriate professional portfolio piece that support the organisation’s outputs. Students working with a company will also have a supervisor from the academic team.

The QAA benchmark statement for computing incorporates a wide range of activities including hardware, software, communication and, in more general terms, the application of those skills in practice. The specific range of computing-related cognitive abilities gained from this module will depend on the specifics of the project done by each student but in all cases will support “computing-related practical activities” as specified in the benchmark. In addition the student will enrich a range of “additional transferrable skills” as required by their projects.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:

LO1: Assess the development requirements of an organisation or derive requirements with a supervisor

LO2: Apply knowledge of current computing practice in a professional manner

LO3: Contribute effectively to an established professional computing domain

LO4: Execute the development requirements to a professional standard

LO5: Provide an in-depth rationale for the work conducted, reflecting on the project and its technological context