Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
This course is the first of three Work Based Learning courses which make up 60 credits of the level 4 programme in the Graduate Apprenticeship in BEng in Civil Engineering, and is only available to students on that programme. It should be noted that the three courses account for 25 credits, 25 credits and 10 credits, respectively.
Taken together, the three courses aim to complete a wide range of learning outcomes derived from the student’s professional practice, but the two 25 credit courses (of which this is the first) have interchangeable topics, the order of delivery of which is not specified. Such flexibility in the order of delivery of topics was also a feature of the three WBL courses in Level 3, but it should be noted that in level 4 this flexibility is only applied to the first two WBL courses (each of 25 credits).
This flexibility in choosing which topic is done in first half session, and which in second half session, deliberately allows Employers to adjust the order of delivery of the learning outcomes (given below), in a manner which takes into account their type of business.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Session | First Sub Session | Credit Points | 25 credits (12.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course is a 25 credit course running over the first half session. Which of the learning outcomes are to be the focus of this course, and how they are to achieved and assessed will be agreed with the student and the Employer prior to the beginning of the course.
The topics in the three level 4 WBL courses are as follows:
As well as Work Based Learning there will be six fortnightly scheduled online tutorial sessions with the University tutor to discuss the progress of the intended outcomes and the progress towards the submission of work for assessment.
The course will be assessed by both a submitted report at its conclusion, and by Oral Examination, both of whose aims and assessment deliverables will be agreed prior to the commencement of the course. The Oral Examination will require the student to deliver online (via a live session on Collaborate Ultra on MyAberdeen) a PowerPoint presentation about the project, on which they will be interviewed. This assessment model was also adopted in the level 3 WBL courses, and continues a standard pattern of assessment.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 21 | Feedback Weeks | 25 | |
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Only ONE of the following two topics will be required for this course, but by the end of Work Based Learning 5, both of these Topics should have been submitted. This course can be either Topic 1 or 2. Topic 1: A Design Project (Group) in a Civil Engineering Design field relevant to the Employer’s business is required to be carried out. Feedback: will be provided within three weeks of submission as either written notes separate from the report or as annotations on the submitted design report. Topic 2: Essay (5000 word max) on the application of the published literature to professional practice in the workplace is to be submitted online via MyAberdeen Feedback: textual feedback provided also via MyAberdeen
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Ability to reflect on the development of a Civil Engineering topic in a variety of literature sources, and to draw conclusions about their relevance for and impact on professional practice |
| Factual | Evaluate | Ability to access and digest Published Literature relevant to a chosen Civil Engineering topic |
| Procedural | Create | Practice at writing and presenting to a live audience in a professional manner |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 21 | Feedback Weeks | 25 | |
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Topic 1 or 2 15 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes for questioning Whichever of the two topics is being followed on this course, a PowerPoint presentation on the achievements of the WBL will need to be delivered live over Collaborate Ultra, and the student will be submitted to an Oral Examination on it. Feedback will be posted as agreed comments by two examiners on MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Create | Ability to carry out Civil Engineering Design |
| Procedural | Create | Practice at writing and presenting to a live audience in a professional manner |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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Resit involves a re-submission of whichever of the submitted pieces of work was failed, each with their original weighting (both are 50%), and the resit mark will incorporate the original grade for whichever assessment was achieved Depending on the topic, if the report or essay was not achieved then it will need to be re-submitted. It will have a 5000 word limit as before. If the failed assessment was the Oral Examination (and PowerPoint presentation) then this will need to be carried out again. It will be subject to the same time limits as before – 15 minutes of presenting and 15 minutes of questioning. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Evaluate | Ability to access and digest Published Literature relevant to a chosen Civil Engineering topic |
| Conceptual | Understand | Ability to reflect on the development of a Civil Engineering topic in a variety of literature sources, and to draw conclusions about their relevance for and impact on professional practice |
| Conceptual | Create | Ability to carry out Civil Engineering Design |
| Procedural | Remember | Ability to carry out in-depth investigation and research, with an appropriate evaluation of options, including recognising the limitations and benefits of those options |
| Procedural | Create | Practice at writing and presenting to a live audience in a professional manner |
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