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BSEN40570

Academic Year 2024/2025

Capstone Project 1 (BSEN40570)

Subject:
Biosystems Engineering
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Biosystems & Food Engineering
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Paddy Grace
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module is the first part of the capstone project and will be completed in BSEN40550 Capstone Project 2. Together they serve as the capstone experience for our final stage undergraduate students and to apply the knowledge they have gained in their course to a "real-world" problem. For this module you will undertake a design, an experimental or a systems analysis project. You will have to: agree a plan with your supervisor, do a comprehensive literature review of the topic, review possible approaches to the problem, use scientific and engineering knowledge to formulate and analyse the problem.

The first part (this module) of the capstone project is the literature review and the outline plan for the remainder of the project. It should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles, background and previous work of the topic of your project.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should have acquired:
• knowledge and understanding of the principles, background and previous work of the topic of their project;
• skills in planning the project work still to be carried out in part 2 of this project.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

1
Specified Learning Activities

124
Total

125

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Each student will have a project supervisor from the academic staff of the school. The supervisor will direct the project as appropriate. The student should meet with the supervisor on a regular basis for advice and direction, usually one on one.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
BSEN40530 - Capstone Project


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Individual Project: Project report Week 15 Graded No
95
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Plan for part 2 of project Week 15 Graded No
5
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
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