CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1.1 Course Outline 1 1.2 Introduction ...

Teaching and Learning Methods:
Illustrated lecture / workshops. Seminars to evaluate development. Self directed research.
Assessment Rationale:
Initial project presentation document will test outcomes 1 – 3.
Final presentation to peers and staff: outcome 4.
The Project plan document: outcomes 1 – 5.
Assessment criteria:
The extent to which the student is able to demonstrate an ability to:
• Show evidence of quality of the planning process and standard of presentation of all material.
• Demonstrate an analytical approach to problem identification and the ability to synthesize
solutions.
• Formulate a practical framework for execution of the Major Project.
Assessment Methods and Weightings:
Initial project presentation document 15%
Final presentation to peers and staff 25%
The Project plan document 60%
The initial project presentation document will be submitted by the end of week 6.
The final presentation to peers and staff will take place in Week 13.
The project plan document will be submitted, for assessment by the Major Project supervisor
selected, in Week 12. If the document itself scores less than 40 per cent of the maximum then it will
be referred back by the supervisor by the end of the teaching programme for revision. The revised
version will be submitted by the candidate in Week 14, together with the original, and will be marked
by the supervisor but capped at 40 per cent of the maximum.
A candidate who does not, at that stage, achieve 40 per cent overall will carry the mark forward but
can progress to the Major Project if the Project Planning module is judged to have been ‘taken’, i.e. to
have achieved a mark of 30 per cent.
If the module has not been ‘taken’ then the current regulations governing failure of a core module
will apply.
Sources:
In addition to the subject specific reading necessary to the technical planning process the following
texts are recommended to assist the conduct of planning:
J.Bell, Doing Your Research Project, Open University Press, Buckingham (1987).
M.Herbert, Planning a Research Project, Cassell, London (1990).
Early consideration given to the structure of the Major Project report may involve reference to:
D.E.Avison, The Project Report: A guide for students, (3 rd ed.), Cambridge (1989).
R.Barrass, Students Must Write: A guide to better writing in course work and examinations, Methuen,
London (1982).
R.Berry, The Research Report: How to Write It, (3 rd ed.), Routledge, London(1994).
K.L.Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations, (6 th ed.), The University
of Chicago Press, Chicago and London (1996)
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