Key facts
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Level 1 - 6 credits - summer term
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Course description
Course outline
This course aims to provide all students with the skills involved in presenting technical information.
Note that the fact that these are skills means they have to be learned through practice. This entails that all students will need to produce a successful presentation.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to:
1 Structure technical information to meet the needs of differing target audiences.
2 Give a short, comprehensible presentation on a technical subject.
Assessments
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100.00% | |
| Presentation | Summer Week 6 | 100.00% |
Resit mode of assessment
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation | Summer Vacation (1 hour 30 minutes) | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
Teaching methods
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Term | PRACTICAL | 4 hours | 0011100000 |
| Summer Term | LECTURE | 1 hour | 1111111111 |
| Summer Term | SEMINAR | 1 hour | 1100000000 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.