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2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
PDES3200 Professional, Portfolio and Industry Awareness
20 creditsClass Size: 60
Module manager: Mr Rafeeq Chaudhry
Email: R.L.Chaudhry@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
Pre-requisite qualifications
Level 1 & 2 of PDES in order to develop a portfolio of design work.Co-requisites
| PDES3110 | Design Project |
Module replaces
PDES 3190 Industry Sector Awareness & PDES 3500 Professional & Portfolio DevelopmentThis module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module the student is expected to be able to:- demonstrate an understanding of business practices in a range of industry sectors;
- identify all potential user groups and stakeholders and be able to define their needs as input into a product definition process;
- understand the principles of Intellectual property law and understand its importance to product design;
- write a business plan to propose how a new product could be exploited;
- sufficiently familiar with the structure of contemporary CVs and letters of application in order to formulate a tailored CV and letter of application for a specified position;
- sufficiently familiar with the services and support offered from the University Careers Service;
- make an informed choice of career path, locate sources of adverts for chosen positions and specify the entry level criteria.
- recognize, evaluate and select transferable and specific skills and relative to specific role or position and present then to a non specialist audience/ potential employers;
- recognize their own specific & transferable skills which would be of value to an employer;
- select and compile project based work into a portfolio to demonstrate a range of skills;
- present visual and none visual work to demonstrate a range of skills an uninformed audience.
Learning outcomes
- Industry Sector Awareness
- Career path requirements
- Business Practice & planning
- Intellectual property principles and application
- Industry specific regulation & standards
- Quality standards.
Skills outcomes
- Oral & Visual presentation
- Teamwork
- Portfolio presentation
- CV and application letter writing
- Career research & selection
- Business Planning.
Syllabus
- Interview technique
- Portfolio development
- CV writing
- Identifying and targeting potential employers
- Overview of the industry sectors; Definitions, Example products, Size and key characteristics
- Quality standards and design processes
- Industry specific regulatory issues
- Intellectual property & Contracts
This module is complementary to PDES3110 (individual project) and elements of it provide industrial context and customer focus for product design. The range of industry sectors will be complementary to the projects offered in PDES3110.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 1 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
| Practical | 5 | 3.00 | 15.00 |
| Private study hours | 160.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 40.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
- Extra reading: 45 hours- Business Plan: 30 hours
- Case study report: 15 hours
- Skills Challenge 30 hours
- Portfolio & Interview preparation 40 hours
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Regular tutorial workshops will be held in which progress towards assessed outputs will be monitored.- Students will have access to advisory support on a self directed basis.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Assignment | Business Plan | 20.00 |
| Assignment | 3 short focused assignments - IP, Market & Competition, Ethics | 30.00 |
| Presentation | Oral presentations - Team and individual | 25.00 |
| Portfolio | Team Project - skills challenge | 25.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 31/01/2019
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