MSc Computing distance learning - Staffordshire University

Appendix 5: Level 7 common learning outcomes
On completion of level 7, the student will be able to:
Common learning outcomes Level 7
Knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate a systematic understanding of
knowledge which is at the forefront of professional
practice in an area of computing.
Learning
Demonstrate the independent learning ability
required to advance their knowledge and
understanding, and to develop new skills to a high
level for continuing professional development.
Enquiry
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and
critical evaluation of methodologies and techniques
applicable to their own research and, where
appropriate, propose new hypotheses/solutions
Analysis
Demonstrate a critical awareness and evaluation of
current research, advanced scholarship,
contemporary problems and or/new insights, much
of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of
professional practice in an area of computing.
Problem solving
Evaluate complex issues both systematically and
creatively, make sound judgements in the absence
of complete data, and employ appropriate decisionmaking
in complex and unpredictable situations.
Communication
Communicate their conclusions clearly to specialist
and non-specialist audiences.
Application
Demonstrate originality in the application of
knowledge, together with a practical understanding
of how established techniques of research and
enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge
within the professional practice of the discipline.
Reflection
Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills
necessary for employment requiring the exercise of
initiative and personal responsibility, self-direction
and originality in tackling and solving problems,
and act autonomously in planning and implementing
tasks at a professional level
Practical artefact development
Demonstrate that learning related to design, theory,
and planning can be transformed practically into
sound and workable practical computing artefacts.
Demonstrate that approaches and theories taught
Scientific approach
can be applied from one area of the award to
another. This may take the form of learning how to
design programs in one computer language and
applying it to another.
38