This module is intended to introduce you to engineering, design, technical communication and academic writing, as well as other engineering professional practices and skill sets necessary for your future employability. Technical communication in most cases can be broken down into writing, technical argument, and explanation, data visualisation as well as presentation. Specific components will include (but are not limited to) the following: an introduction to your chosen engineering discipline, the design process, critical and creative thinking, decision-making, problem solving, ethics and sustainability, industry standards and professional conduct, teamworking, leadership, project management, career preparation and employability. It will aim to deliver these through instruction, engagement, practice, and feedback. The module is taught through the context or application of your own chosen engineering discipline, which is supported through the teaching of technical skills required by the profession and industrial practices. Moreover, this module includes two intensive team-based projects, known as Scenarios, which are designed to help you practice the aforementioned technical and professional skills alongside developing your technical understanding and practice of your chosen discipline. 

This Design and Professional Skills I module is part of the engineering faculty’s cross-faculty teaching framework called the Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP) and is designed to be integrated with the ENGF0001 Engineering Challenges module taught in parallel during the same term. This means that material and skills will be referenced and referred to across these two modules. 

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, you should be able to:


	outline the basic elements of the design cycle, understand the underlying processes, and use these to tackle real engineering problems
	
	
	describe an engineering problem and its constraints in a concise written or spoken report.
	

	give examples of ethical issues related to engineering and recall tools that can be used to analyse future problems as they arise
	
	
	give examples of how your specific discipline interacts with sustainability and describe their responsibilities as an engineer in this regard 
	
	
	acknowledge the basic tools for critical thinking and problem-solving and use these to tackle real-world problems, whether engineering or otherwise
	
	
	identify and describe the utility of important structural features in writing and presentation (such as introductions, conclusions, and topic sentences), use these effectively, and evaluate your use in others’ work  
	
	
	analyse the audience for a given communication (report, video or talk/presentation) and determine the appropriate point of view, level of detail, and jargon 
	

	describe and practice basic concepts in team-working, project management and engineering leadership, and recall the facilities available to you to develop your abilities in this area  
	
	
	recognise the level of conduct expected of them by the body governing their profession, explain why such codes of conduct are necessary; and recall where they are provided for all to witness 
	
	
	report/present on discipline specific material such as CAD, programming, process safety, risk assessment etc. 
	
 

 