Learning Outcomes

On completion of the module, the student should be able to:i) Enhance their ability to autonomously analyse, synthesise, diagnose, plan, execute and evaluate at an advanced level.ii) Gather and critically analyse, previous literature relating to the chosen area of study towards contexturalising and integrating the study into the continuing development of knowledge and understanding in the areaiii) Render progress explicit and manage resources effectively on a major piece of work of significant duration, to meet deliverables on time and in budgetiv) Communicate effectively through oral, written, graphical and listening skills a complex technological piece of work of significant durationv) Determine and display the appropriate balance between critical, analytic thinking and creative synthetic thinkingvi) Marshall a range of personal skills towards the realisation of a complex and rigorous technological problem of significant duration including the ability to self-motivate, to persevere, to resource manage and to translate thought into action, to overcome the fear of failure, excessive dependency, procrastination, distractibility, self-doubt and self-pity and to show the appropriate balance between too little and too much self-confidence.