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This module is delivered through four days of module content, but needs to be supported through substantial independent study, reading and research. Lectures are important signposts to learning, but are only part of the educational process. The learning process has therefore been designed to provide students with two broad workload categories:
a) Taught lectures with lectures exploring both required and self-directed reading material
b) Individual reflection to develop students’ critical thinking skills. This module is structured around a series of lectures, readings, papers, case studies and video materials.
A blended approach to teaching will be adopted with technical material presented in video lectures and made available to students before the scheduled face-to-face lectures. This is to aid the assimilation of technical / mathematical concepts and help students to maximise the learning experience during lectures. Problem sets with video solutions will be used to reinforce the understanding of material.
Please note that the number of hours for planned learning activities and independent student activities will vary from student to student, depending on their capability to absorb and apply concepts and tools, and write up work. A guidance for students is that one credit is a total of 25 to 30 hours of student effort. Thus a 10-ECTS module can vary in amount of student work between 250 hours and 300 hours. Our minimum expectation is as outlined below.
Delivery methods |
Hours |
Lectures |
32 |
Labs / Practicals |
0 |
Tutorials |
0 |
Planned learning activities |
100 |
Independent student activities |
168 |
Total |
300 |
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