F27IX - Industrial Praxis

Course leader(s):

Santiago Segundo Chumbe (Edinburgh, January)

Aims

To instruct students in undertaking self-directed study

To instruct students in presenting their findings

To acquaint students with the work of the department, and how it related to their industrial context

To deepen students’ understanding of the degree courses for which they are registered

To familiarise students with the computer systems used by the department and their relationship to the students’ industrial context

To present skills that students could usefully employ to become in an industrial context

Syllabus

1. Written Reports (1.1 Structure and Format, 1.2 Literature review, 1.3 Citation and plagiarism, 1.4 Writing Style)

2. Oral presentations (2.1 Aim and objectives of a presentation, 2.2 Academic presentation structure, 2.3 Strategies and recommendations, 2.4 Using body language)

3. HWU computing resources (3.1 Your learning environment, 3.2 Available computing resources, 3.3 SFTP and SSH access to MACS servers)

4. Introduction to Linux (4.1 Linux OS basics, 4.2 Linux file system, 4.3 Linux system architecture, 4.4 Common Linux commands)

5. Meta-skills (5.1 Emotional intelligence, 5.2 Resilience, 5.3 Communication, 5.4 Critical thinking, 5.5 Teamwork)

6. Academic Integrity (6.1 Integrity, 6.2 Professional responsibility and accountability, 6.3 Personal and academic development, 6.4 Breaches of academic integrity)

7. Study techniques (7.1 WBL challenges and opportunities, 7.2 Working under pressure, 7.3 Learning styles, 7.4 Effective study techniques)

8. Introduction to C++ (8.1 C++ fundamentals, 8.2 C++ programming style, 8.3 Identifiers and operators, 8.4 Conditional and iterative statements, 8.5 Nested loops and goto statement, 8.6 Input/output streams)

9. C++ functions (9.1 Native built-in functions, 9.2 User functions, 9.3 Values passing, 9.4 Function overloading, 9.5 Recursion and recursive functions)

10. Data structures and file operations (10.1 Mathematical functions, 10.2 Macros in C++, 10.3 Arrays in C++, 10.4 File handling in C++, 10.5 Pointers)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:

Prepare, write and present reports produced as part of academic study or in an industrial context to professional standards
Utilise university and departmental computing resources that are available to students
Apply meta-skills in the academic and workplace contexts
Apply  study-techniques effectively in their studies and later in a professional context
Demonstrate the ability to create basic software applications using a technology used in their workplace
Practice academic integrity, including avoiding plagiarism and any type of academic misconduct

Further details

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SCQF Level: 7

Credits: 15