Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43
This course is one of three Work Based Learning courses which make up 60 credits of the level 3 programme in the Graduate Apprenticeship in BEng in Civil Engineering, and is only available to students on that programme.
Taken together, the three courses aim to deliver a wide range of learning outcomes derived from the student’s professional practice, but the order of the topics is not prescribed. This means that although this is the first of the three WBL courses, the topics delivered do not need to be the first in the list of topics, but could be the second or third in the list.
However the topics are ordered between the three courses, all of the topics must have been achieved by the conclusion of the series of courses.
It should be noted that the three courses account for 25 credits, 25 credits and 10 credits, respectively, and this deliberately allows Employers to adjust the priority given to the three broad headings for the learning outcomes (given below), in a manner which takes into account their type of business.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 25 credits (12.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course is a 25 credit course running over the first half session. Which of the learning outcomes are to be the focus of this course, and how they are to achieved and assessed will be agreed with the student and the Employer prior to the beginning of the course.
The topics to be chosen are grouped as follows:
As well as Work Based Learning there will be six fortnightly scheduled online tutorial sessions with the University tutor to discuss the progress of the intended outcomes and the progress towards the submission of work for assessment.
The course will be assessed by both a submitted report at its conclusion, and by Oral Examination, both of whose aims and assessment deliverables will be agreed prior to the commencement of the course. The Oral Examination will require the student to deliver online (via a live session on Collaborate Ultra on MyAberdeen) a PowerPoint presentation about the project, on which they will be interviewed.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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Only ONE of the following three topics will be required for this course, but by the end of Work Based Learning 3, all three of these Topics should have been submitted. This course can be either Topic 1, 2 or 3. Topic 1 Design Project Individual – 5000 words (max) A Design Project in a Civil Engineering Design field relevant to the Employer’s business is required to be carried out. Topic 2 Individual Report – 5000 words (max) This report must describe and present the results of field surveying activities. Topic 3 Essay 5000 words (max) An essay on the application of Project Management principles in the workplace Feedback will be provided as either written notes separate from the report or as annotations on the submitted surveying report or via MyAberdeen
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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Topic 1, 2 or 3 Whichever topic is being followed on this course, a PowerPoint presentation on the achievements of the WBL will need to be delivered live over Collaborate Ultra, and the student will be submitted to an Oral Examination on it. Topic 1 Design Project Individual – 5000 words (max) A Design Project in a Civil Engineering Design field relevant to the Employer’s business is required to be carried out. Topic 2 Individual Report – 5000 words (max) This report must describe and present the results of field surveying activities. Topic 3 Essay 5000 words (max) An essay on the application of Project Management principles in the workplace Feedback will be posted as agreed comments by two examiners on MyAberdeen. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Analyse | Ability to present surveying data in Engineering Drawing form, using appropriate modern software |
| Conceptual | Apply | Awareness of principles of Project Management and economics |
| Conceptual | Create | Ability to carry out Civil Engineering Design |
| Procedural | Remember | Ability to carry out in-depth investigation and research, with an appropriate evaluation of options, including recognising the limitations and benefits of those options |
| Procedural | Create | Practice at writing and presenting to a live audience in a professional manner |
| Procedural | Remember | Ability to carry out Surveying Activities on site |
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