Summary of content

This module aims to provide students with the background knowledge, critical thinking, reading, writing, presentational and project management skills that will both enhance their performance in taught modules and, in combination with the technical and professional skills acquired in other taught modules, will enable them to carry their Masters Dissertation through to a successful conclusion.

Particular attention is paid to enhancing students' analytical thinking and writing skills. Students will develop critical reading skills by reading and critiquing different technical articles, research papers and other valid sources that could support the literature and contextual review of their proposal. This will help students prepare for the production of a detailed report in the form of a project proposal backed up by a survey of the appropriate body of knowledge and technology by the end of Trimester B. Students will be required to give an oral presentation of the baseline, aims, objectives and methods of their proposed project, supported by appropriate visual materials, as part of the assessment process.

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